He sank into the comfort of the command chair with a grateful nod to the captain.

After giving her first officer a grateful nod, Janeway turned back to the screen.

Data looked back, and gave him a grateful nod.

Kirk passed it on, with a grateful nod to his First Officer.

You give way and, infuriatingly, they drive by without so much as a grateful nod.

Nodding a grateful nod she probably couldn't see, he pushed on.

She returned a short grateful nod to Miles's under-voiced greeting.

He looked up with a quick, grateful nod, knowing how much she was risking by smuggling these out to him.

With a grateful nod, the captain hurried toward the turbolift and was gone.