gesturing

Example Sentences

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Cumulatively, Ms. Riley evokes fragile feelings of vulnerability and longing among her characters, while gesturing toward a potential for contentedness in community and intellectual integrity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“John, this is Athol,” Bookholane said, gesturing to the legendary South African playwright Athol Fugard.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

"They thought he was there but there was nothing," one local man said, gesturing at the empty grave.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

"This new variety is better suited to the climate," says Waghchaure, gesturing to the perfectly round, firm and sweet grapes that will soon be on European supermarket shelves thousands of kilometres away.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

“Not a single person in that audience believes for a second that what I do up there is real,” he says, gesturing in the general direction of the stage.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern