gesture
Example Sentences
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Díaz doesn’t expect openly antagonistic messaging at the halftime show — perhaps the lighter-blue Puerto Rican independence flag as a covert anti-occupation gesture.
From Los Angeles Times
Not everyone understood that Mary’s outflung left arm isn’t some randomly flailing appendage but a gesture pregnant with meaning—multiple ones.
“They follow me around whenever I come to town,” said Frank Aureate, gesturing to the gulls as Christopher approached.
From Literature
I gesture to the back of the driver’s head, giving Lizzie a not here look.
From Literature
Mexico is one of a handful of nations that have in the past provided Cuba with oil over the years, a longstanding gesture of solidarity with the Caribbean island.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
