Sample sentences for SALUTATION

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Definition

a greeting — such as "Hi", "Dear John:", or "Ladies and Gentlemen"

or:

the act of greeting

Much more rarely, a salutation can refer to a gesture or verbal acknowledgement of someone's departure.

The traditional Hindu salutation is "Namaste".

salutation = a greeting — such as "Hi", "Dear John:", or "Ladies and Gentlemen"

Greetings and salutations.
Data in this column will merge into the salutation line.
"Salutations!" said the voice.
E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web

salutations = a greeting — such as "Hi" or "Hello"

they dance about it with gentle actions of salutation;
William Shakespeare -- The Tempest

salutation = greeting or welcome

Ahoshta Tarkaan to Kidrash Tarkaan, salutation and peace.
C.S. Lewis -- The Horse and His Boy

salutation = greetings

When I say 'salutations,' it's just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.
E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web

salutations = a greeting — such as "Hi" or "Hello"

"Salutations!" it said.
E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web
And what are salutations?
E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web
"Salutations!" repeated the voice.
E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web
"Salutations are greetings," said the voice.
E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web
Salutations!
E. B. White -- Charlotte's Web
Without speaking or giving any kind of salutation, Martin went out, closing the door silently behind him.
George Orwell -- 1984

salutation = a gesture or verbal acknowledgement of someone's arrival or departure

"Your sarvant, sir, your sarvant," said the grub-man, making a low salutation behind his apron.
Herman Melville -- Bartleby, the Scrivener: a Story of Wall Street
Salutation and greeting to you all!
William Shakespeare -- As You Like It
Take the penny to William with my salutations.
Laurie Halse Anderson -- Chains
"Iwo Jima hero!" was the inescapable salutation.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
The only parting salutation of which he delivered himself was a sulky 'Good night, father!'
Charles Dickens -- Hard Times
He gave it a solemn salutation-Senora—and signed it with his initial, as he had done in the perfumed love letters of his youth.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera
Seeing this, as he exchanged the usual salutations, Clennam decided to speak to his mother without postponement.
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit

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