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

In an industry that runs on hype and grand gestures, Canadian AI firm Cohere is charting a different course from Silicon Valley.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

In my research, I’ve studied how artists from antiquity to the present have used gestures of turning away to signify human confrontations with the most difficult aspects of life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

As for the overseer, he made much play of his authority, directing them with a loud voice and many gestures but doing not a stroke of work himself.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya