gesticulate

Wax figures of scrappy, earnest young communists gesticulate during a 1921 meeting frozen in time, debating how best to bring Marxism to China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

On the touchline, Postecoglou was going potty, somehow managing to gesticulate wildly in six different directions at the same time in the kind of fluid movement that was utterly beyond the players he was berating.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024

They even made note of our facial expressions and the way we would gesticulate, and they worked that into it a bit, so I would say it was unusually collaborative.

From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024

City’s manager was furious, repeatedly turning to the Anfield fans behind the dugout to gesticulate.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

It was maddening to watch the quarrelers gesticulate and utter tantalizingly elusive sentences which were, even when I opened the door of the office in hope of eavesdropping, swallowed up in the roar of traffic.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Nancy Vogel

Goodman is animated, her long red hair moving with her as she gesticulates.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

As she argues a point, she gesticulates broadly, leans forward and occasionally pounds the table.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2021

Instead, he drops it and picks it up, twirls it like a baton, and gesticulates wildly with it.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2019

The character — on closer inspection, an animated frog — paces and gesticulates, then disappears behind a fence before returning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2018

He gesticulates wildly toward Rosie, ranting without pause.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Before his winner he hit both posts, moaned and furiously gesticulated at the referee and team-mates, while also being pursued by a pitch invader at one stage.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024

In contrast to Schwartz’s contrite postures, Castel gesticulated often in exasperation, his voice rising as he asked pointed questions.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

Over and over, he gesticulated and yelled toward his guest box, where only four of the 15 seats were occupied, quite a contrast to Tiafoe’s completely full section.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

Kirby Smart leaped and danced and gesticulated across the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the entirety of Monday night.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022

At first, she spoke in low, pleading tones, then she raised her voice and gesticulated wildly.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Viewers were left watching a silent movie of a shrinking figure gesticulating wildly into the wind.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

But with Patterson on the USC sideline for the first time, gesticulating and sweating in the coaches’ all-black attire, it did drop some concerning clues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

"Instead of listening to music, we listen to the news constantly," the father of three, gesticulating to emphasise his point, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026

Slot had been seen moments after Tarkowski's equalising gesticulating to suggest there had been a foul in the build-up to the goal.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2025

I couldn’t hear a word, but Papa was talking and gesticulating with his arms.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson