- present participle of gesticulate.
gesticulating
Example Sentences
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When Jimmy is passionately advocating for something and Kayla is in the same frame, she’s often gesticulating, scrunching up her face or emitting noises like “pffffft.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Instead of listening to music, we listen to the news constantly," the father of three, gesticulating to emphasise his point, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
From early in the first set, Kyrgios was doing a lot of gesticulating and voicing his complaints between points.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2025
The woman was gesticulating with carefully contained fury.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2025
The unlucky pair stumbled off through the nighttime woodland, gesticulating and muttering together, weaving a fabric of lies that they hoped would satisfy Cluny the Scourge.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
