Nod example sentences

The conductor nodded, and she was overcome with sadness.Apart from flower buds, there are buds in the axil (point of attachment of the leaf at the node) of leaves which develop into shoots.These are present in the nodules of the roots of leguminous plants.“So people like us use natural resources to make human made resources,” said Mona nodding in understanding.Due to cancer of the thyroid gland or due to development of nodules of the thyroid glands, the rate of synthesis and secretion of the thyroid hormones is increased to abnormal high levels leading to a condition called hyperthyroidism which adversely affects the body physiology.He asked permission to stay, and the master blacksmith nodded a haughty consent without honouring him with a single word.From the first instant he knew instinctively, unreasonably, that the man hated him; but out of habit he rubbed his hands briskly together, smiled and nodded.Most commonly, the nitrogen-fixing bacteria are found in the roots of legumes (generally the plants which give us pulses) in special structures called rootnodules.As he read he would smirk, frown, reflectively purse his lips, knowingly lift his eyebrows, nod in grave agreement.Skoog and his co-workers observed that from the internodal segments of tobacco stems the callus (a mass of undifferentiated cells) proliferated only if, in addition to auxins the nutrients medium was supplemented with one of the following: extracts of vascular tissues, yeast extract, coconut milk or DNA.This stage is characterised by the appearance of recombination nodules, the sites at which crossing over occurs between non-sister chromatids of the homologous chromosomes.These he held up before the eyes of his guest, nodding knowingly, and then stuffed them back into the pouch.Regiment after regiment mutinied and took off to join other troops at nodal points like Delhi, Kanpur and Lucknow.Petroleum refineries act as a nodal industry for synthetic textile, fertiliser and numerous chemical industries.The ocean beds, too, are rich in manganese nodules.