gesticulate
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As he relayed his story, I began to gesticulate with surprise and excitement to my producer.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
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
City’s manager was furious, repeatedly turning to the Anfield fans behind the dugout to gesticulate.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
Mr. Bankes, warming with his theme, began to gesticulate and stamp about the room, the boys following him with all their eyes.
From A Hero of Romance by Richard Marsh
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
A still of the interview, in which Kelly, hysterically crying, gesticulates wildly over a stock-still King, went viral.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 7, 2019
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
M. Bouc, who was already seated, gesticulated a greeting and summoned his friend to the empty place opposite him.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Viewers were left watching a silent movie of a shrinking figure gesticulating wildly into the wind.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Video showed him shouting, raising his arms and gesticulating wildly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
"If you look at this globe, Greenland is the most centrally located place on Earth," says world-renowned geologist Prof Minik Rosing, gesticulating in his wood-panelled office.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
First grade was when I discovered eye control; with my seeing I could shrink the teacher down to a height of one inch, gesticulating and mouthing on the horizon.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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