- present participle of gesture.
gesturing
Example Sentences
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"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
"I grew up over there and I live over there," says bassist Theo Ellis, gesturing towards the horizon from the stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Harpootlian asked the judge to allow Murdaugh to appear in the next hearing in street clothes, gesturing for Murdaugh to stand up in his orange jumpsuit labeled “SCDC” for S.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
“Everything is going to go dry. Everything will burn. That’s my latest vision,” she said, gesturing to the idyllic landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
“Not a single person in that audience believes for a second that what I do up there is real,” he says, gesturing in the general direction of the stage.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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