gesticulation
Example Sentences
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He used the tactics of a thespian – wild gesticulations, theatrical shifts in cadence – to animate into life the stakes of his subject matter.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024
Madden’s influence, steeped in Everyman sensibilities and studded with wild gesticulations and paroxysms of onomatopoeia — wham! doink! whoosh! — made the NFL more interesting, more relevant and more fun, for over 40 years.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2021
The dockworkers pay him and his gesticulations very little mind, noting only that he speaks much of “bloom” and “blood.”
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
She also claimed sometimes to see "angels" which communicated to her through gesticulations.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2020
I'm shouting, my arms whirling with gesticulations, and I don't even notice until I run out of important questions that Tiny is crying.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
Vocabulary lists containing gesticulation
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Tell-Tale Heart," Vocabulary from the short story
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Frankenstein
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