gesture

A gesture that said plainly, in a stadium and not only in a press release: You are one of us, and you always were.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

One man had his hands joined in a gesture of thanks or prayer as he was carried away in a stretcher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

"It shows what collaboration can achieve," Burnham told Macron on Thursday, saying France's loan to Britain of the almost thousand-year-old embroidery was a "huge personal gesture of goodwill, trust and friendship".

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

And while I’ll admit that hiring an attorney to discuss money before saying “I do” isn’t exactly a romantic gesture, I’ll get into all the ways doing so can be invaluable.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

He made an impatient gesture; obviously this minor matter had interrupted a busy day.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

In doing all this, James is also determined to unwind the cliches of gay fiction: the tragic victim, the heartwarming gestures of solidarity, the blunt porniness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

She explained that Gracie, who was autistic and had learning difficulties, mostly communicated in gestures at the time, so Emma had been walking towards her daughter.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Silent cinema performers used their whole bodies — eyes, gestures, poses — as narrative devices.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

Then Fox got up, approached Eatherly and made gestures toward him.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

He gestures to the velvet sofa Helen had tried to make me sit on earlier.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Toward the end of the performance Raul stood and gestured to the crowd that they should stand and applaud.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

She gestured at it: “Treat me as though I were dead.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

He gestured over the barrier to a manicured plot with shady benches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Littler also gestured that Van Veen was a "cry baby" and the pair did not speak for multiple weeks.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

The princess gestured frantically, silently telling him that they had to go, they had to find Phillip and rescue him now.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

He began shouting and gesturing toward Caballero, which led to the benches clearing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

"I remember that as a child I climbed up there, all the way to the main roof tile," former salt farmer Omer Hot said, gesturing at the seven-metre-high storehouse roof.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

"We want to push justice to investigate," he says, gesturing to the towering new buildings surrounding Tirana's central Skenderbeg Square.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Ostapenko grew annoyed as she was unable to hold in her first three service games of the second set, gesturing wildly and directing angry shouts towards her team.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Papa said, gesturing at the remaining bags—bags someone else in another barrack was surely missing—then shrugging.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata