India is known its head wobble or headshake, a gesture that ambiguously says neither yes nor no, but is often a polite way of avoiding overt refusal. |
Humming in the throat, headshake, doglike, eager eyes. |
Those in claret and blue could only headshake their despondency at their team's woeful performance. |
For nuance, the last line I prefer is from Henry James's Wings of a Dove: But she turned to the door, and her headshake was now the end. |
The procedure is repeated, with the examiner shaking the patient's head at 2 Hz and recording the number of lines lost during headshake. |
A tricky win against Nedovyesov early in the second set sparked a rare smile, and a bemused headshake at the large and noisy cluster of Kazakhstan supporters followed soon after. |