gesture
Example Sentences
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“Lighten up on the arm gestures,” he shouts to another.
Shane, a Canadian, does the same but with a smile and a gesture of professional admiration.
From Salon
The service combines traditional music with symbolic gestures such as placing a statue of the baby Jesus in a cradle.
From Barron's
Indeed, the very features that make gifts inefficient as market transactions—surprise, idiosyncrasy, miscalibration—are often what make them meaningful as social gestures.
Rather than chasing an expression, I was interested in stillness and repetition; how a simple gesture could feel amplified when echoed across a frame.
From Los Angeles Times
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