half-bow

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It was a gesture of equality, Cressy felt, and so she acknowledged it with her own little half-bow and walked on.

One Year’s Worth of Woe « A Fly in Amber 2009
He greeted just about everybody with an obliging half-bow, hands clasped in thanks, and wore the usual robe and greenish Crocs.

A World Apart: My uncle is a Hare Krishna spiritual master Chico Harlan 2010
Maybe Obama thought he had softened him up by doing that weird half-bow thing.

The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010
Maybe Obama thought he had softened him up by doing that weird half-bow thing.

The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010
"I see you, gracious sir," Kellen responded, trying to copy the little half-bow he'd seen last night at the House of Leaf and Star.

Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
Maybe Obama thought he had softened him up by doing that weird half-bow thing.

The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010
He actually gives a sort of stiff half-bow to my parents, sending his thick black bangs flying forward.

Pies & Prejudice Heather Vogel Frederick 2010
Maybe Obama thought he had softened him up by doing that weird half-bow thing.

The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham 2010
But suddenly his attention was arrested by James Douglass who sprang to his feet, gave a hurried half-bow, mumbled good night, and rushed from the room.

The Scandal of the Season Sophie Gee 2007
With a half-bow, he pulled a calling card from his pocket.

Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007