gestures

Example Sentences

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“Full Phil” took about an hour to reveal its point — that parenthood makes you a glutton for punishment — and the jokes are more gestures at where a joke should be.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The best likely outcome for investors: Symbolic gestures that steady the relationship and preserve, and possibly extend, the detente reached last fall.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Sport, performance and culture, body language and even gestures are all used in the course and, until a few years ago, no language was taught at all.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Informing her decision to visit Spain, she said, were recent conciliatory gestures from Spanish leaders.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Because ever since that doctor swooped in, with his grand gestures and his medical language and his coffee breath, I’ve checked out.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day