gestures

Example Sentences

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“James Joyce” gestures toward these later events, and Callanan might have devoted a second volume to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

From his office overlooking the glistening waterway, the third generation fish merchant gestures to the horizon.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

In Still Alive, Samay Raina gestures to that fragile balance: how jokes, once released into the online world, can travel far beyond their original context, taking on new meanings, and sometimes carry serious consequences.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“It’s Easter, the Vatican is involved in pushing for humanitarian gestures on the part of Cuba as well as Trump. It looks like a humanitarian quid pro quo,” Kornbluh said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Dr. Howard gestures to the table, covered in crinkly white paper, and I sit down on it.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish