receiving line

As he and his wife Jill shook hands of those waiting for him in a long receiving line leading to the waiting pontiff, he said, “It’s good to be back.”

We were in the receiving line, and people were coming through, and they were making small talk.

I stood next to him once in a receiving line, and was amazed at his memory for names and faces.

Another recent flap involved the White House receiving line.

Her eyes were playing up and down the receiving line, a world of veiled contempt in their blue depths.

When they had won clear of the receiving line, Leila indulged in a subdued ripple of laughter.

The year before, at a White House reception, he had singled her out to stand at his side in the receiving line.

Having passed the receiving line, the Westons held a small reception of their own.

The ten old men of the receiving line were drawn up in battle array, in all the glory of their best clothes.