gesture
Example Sentences
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Some viewers saw it as a gesture that insulted Chinese athletes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
"The handshake evolved very slowly as a mode of greeting and had no bearing on hat-honor as a gesture of deference," he says.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
It’s certainly a nice gesture, but not 100% necessary.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Shortly after bidding the British royals goodbye at the White House, Trump posted that he was making the gesture "in Honor of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom."
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
But then she set her jaw and clenched her fists, and that he recognized: he knew that gesture so well.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing gesture
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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"Of Mice and Men"
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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