gesture
Example Sentences
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But the effort to get his orchestra on its feet was not an idle gesture.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Dunn said he does not know his neighbour well, but she popped a thank you card through his letterbox which he said we a "nice gesture".
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“It would be very unusual for the ECB to raise rates just once, and it would risk looking like a token gesture rather than a meaningful response,” said Jack Allen-Reynolds, an economist at Capital Economics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The gesture felt especially important because the tournament is beginning under difficult circumstances for Iran.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
My strength, my will, weaves through my gesture.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing gesture
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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"Of Mice and Men"
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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