gesture
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Wednesday’s fan appreciation stuff was a swell gesture, as a start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Even better, how about offering more leg room in all rows and eliminating middle seats as a gesture to the hoi polloi?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
He was attacked as he joined the harvest as a symbolic gesture with Palestinians, for whom olives are an important cultural symbol.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
She’s up against seasoned actors and singers who know what they’re doing, whose every step, gesture and note resonates effortlessly.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
With a sudden swashbuckling gesture, he used the lion-mouthed handle of his cane to snatch the plume from Cassiopeia’s hair.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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Their gestures were filmed as they recorded their lines, so that animators could incorporate those mannerisms into the movie.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
As he gestures toward the exit, she appears stunned and asks, “What did I do?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
For Bell, Ms. Fitzharris writes, “every patient was a text to be studied. Symptoms could divulge secrets, gestures could disclose clues” and minutiae help determine the prognosis of disease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Successful communication relies on a range of signals including speech, vocal tone, facial expressions and physical gestures.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
I know that people do things for all sorts of reasons—especially small gestures like looking away.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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Toward the end of the performance Raul stood and gestured to the crowd that they should stand and applaud.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
She gestured at it: “Treat me as though I were dead.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Muchova, who had clutched her ankle and gestured towards her side in pain during the final set, looked drained as she raised her arms in celebration.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
He gestured toward his wife, who stood behind a counter usually filled with premade food such as enchiladas and chiles relleno.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
He gestured through the door, and everyone filed in.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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She looked at me, then glanced back at the booth where Barry was gesturing wildly at a piece of fried onion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Look at this,” she added, gesturing around her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"There is just so much of it," he said, gesturing toward piles of food parcels at the protest site in the Indian capital.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Barzar said, gesturing for a customer in line to move to an open register.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Look at all those presents,” Dad said, gesturing to our tree.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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