Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Nod

Nodded like a plume.
—Charles Dickens

Nodded in bright array, like hollyhocks heavy with blossoms.
—Henry W. Longfellow

Nodded her head like a mandarin.
—Charles Reade

Nodded at each other like a congregation of Anabaptists.
—Tobias Smollett