gestures
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She explained that Gracie, who was autistic and had learning difficulties, mostly communicated in gestures at the time, so Emma had been walking towards her daughter.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The “Family Docudrama” series and much that followed read as something like autofiction, drawn from life but juiced up, rephrased, with gestures and incidents isolated and amplified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Then Fox got up, approached Eatherly and made gestures toward him.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Dallas McMurray’s artfully animated performing of the childlike pantomimic gestures that thread through the dance occasionally prompted audience laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
He gestures to me, waving me toward the lamp.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
