salutation

• The interpreter was not slow to return the salutation, as he looked up at the giant with surprise, not unmingled with awe. —  The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole
• The salutation was acknowledged with a friendly wave of the hand. —  Every Man for Himself
• She made no objection to his salutation--perhaps that custom was too prevalent in her own country to bear much significance As she first gazed at him a glad smile lighted her face--and then she grew quite sober Ah!" —  High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn
• Here the first salutation from the English gentleman at the head of the establishment was that breakfast was waiting, as it was now eleven o'clock, and we must not visit the works upon an empty stomach. —  Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited
• The salutation, as this evening's service is called, was well performed as to music, and very short: after it, for the first time, I heard a Portuguese sermon. —  Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823

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