gesticulate
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Let the officers pore over their digital maps and the soldiers gesticulate obscurely at one another on the field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
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
They grin and gesticulate as they take it in turns to talk.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2023
City’s manager was furious, repeatedly turning to the Anfield fans behind the dugout to gesticulate.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
When these were finished, the seid woman began to mutter and gesticulate violently as the revelations came to her.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
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
With the decibel level increasing, some MPs gesticulated towards Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle to urge him to step in and calm the debate down.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
After the game, he gesticulated to the Dutch bench and insulted striker Wout Weghorst, who scored twice in regulation.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
The former National threw down his bat and gesticulated frantically while screaming at Hernandez.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 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
"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
The woman was gesticulating with carefully contained fury.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2025
Emma Stone immediately found her longtime friend Jennifer Lawrence and the two ran out the clock laughing and gesticulating wildly as their husbands looked on.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
The footage played on Thursday showed Mr Baldwin gesticulating with a pistol loaded with blanks and firing the gun within close proximity to camera operators, the AFP news agency reported.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
“Oh, Beth, he’s sent you...” began Amy, gesticulating with unseemly energy, but she got no further, for Jo quenched her by slamming down the window.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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