gesture

Example Sentences

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“I can only do this”—he makes a swiping gesture with his hands—“so many times with so many things,” Sax says in a TV segment.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

At the same time, I have come to regard my tech tweaks as a relatively harmless nonhuman gesture.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

In 1998, it released 300 prisoners as a gesture for the visit of Pope John Paul II to Cuba.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Edwards admitted the photograph "looks bad and could be misinterpreted", and said he was imitating a Welsh footballer using the gesture.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

She hesitated for a moment, as if doubting the gesture, before taking it and dabbing her eyes.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman