After years of working in different departments, they're only on nodding terms when they pass each other in the hallway.

At networking events she tends to stick with her nodding acquaintances, exchanging brief greetings before moving on.

We watched the nodding donkey rhythmically pump oil beneath the evening sky.

I didn't have to explain anything; between the two of us, a nod is as good as a wink.

At dusk, the nodding blue lilies along the pond seemed to whisper to one another as they swayed in the breeze.

The nodding blue lily brightened the rocky roadside where hikers paused for water.

During the meeting I gave him a brief look, and he nodded—after all, a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat, so he understood without any more explanation.