He made a grand show of even casual greetings in the street, his face displaying a full repertory of exaggerated expressions.

They exchanged casual greetings and began running through their preflight check routine.

And he tells us that casual, everyday greetings - like "Hi, how are you" - take on an increasingly awful significance.

After casual greetings Markham announced: "The instructions promised in the ransom note have been received.

There were casual greetings along the way which he ignored.

People down here seemed to do all their conversing, not to mention their casual greetings, at the top of their lungs.

After casual greetings he got his nerve up to ask.

He passed a couple of gray dwarves, answering their casual greetings with a quick nod and never slowing his stride.

YŌ is also used by Japanese teens as casual greetings between friends, but is pronounced with a more drawn-out tone.

After the first casual greetings with Juliette, he had continued a discussion with his mother, which the young girl's entrance had interrupted.