You understand," he continued, in answer to the other's sympathetic nod, "Alvin was not a man who possessed the personal characteristics that women hold attractive.

Banks, who knew a rhetorical question when he heard one, gave a sympathetic nod.

Stiva gave a small sympathetic nod and smiled.

I gave him a sympathetic nod and bit my lip.

Karr gave a sympathetic nod, then, more practically, asked, "We'll need munitions."

But people yell anyway, so Ms. Nelson, a kind and funny woman, has developed a very sympathetic nod.

He glanced around, caught a sympathetic nod from Agent Baldwin, and quickly looked away.

There was no apology, not even a sympathetic nod of the head from Wright, who hit a dozen batters this season.

The second man seemed to choke slightly on his drink, but he recovered quickly and gave a sympathetic nod.

"It most certainly is, sir," Pony agreed with a sympathetic nod of the head.