gesture

Example Sentences

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Sitting in a café overlooking the Gulf of Odesa, navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk gestures towards the expanse of sea beyond the window.

From BBC

Díaz doesn’t expect openly antagonistic messaging at the halftime show — perhaps the lighter-blue Puerto Rican independence flag as a covert anti-occupation gesture.

From Los Angeles Times

Not everyone understood that Mary’s outflung left arm isn’t some randomly flailing appendage but a gesture pregnant with meaning—multiple ones.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They follow me around whenever I come to town,” said Frank Aureate, gesturing to the gulls as Christopher approached.

From Literature

I gesture to the back of the driver’s head, giving Lizzie a not here look.

From Literature