gestures

Example Sentences

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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

“James Joyce” gestures toward these later events, and Callanan might have devoted a second volume to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The article characterizes his demeanor as overly restrained and controlled, contrasting his stiff posture and stone-faced expression with the animated gestures and expressions of other candidates.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

In Still Alive, Samay Raina gestures to that fragile balance: how jokes, once released into the online world, can travel far beyond their original context, taking on new meanings, and sometimes carry serious consequences.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

She told us a wonderful story that day, made even more real by her gestures and changing voices to match the different characters.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals