gesture
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The extravagant gesture of its shape is undercut by its refusal to give us any great room, any place of gregarious gathering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Cuba has taken apparent steps in recent weeks to ease tensions, notably releasing groups of prisoners in two batches, in what it called a "humanitarian gesture."
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Rooted in epic and devotional storytelling, it played out on all-sided stages, driven by heightened voice, gesture and costume.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
“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
With a gesture of his hands the little man invited us into a small room in back of the shop and gave us chairs.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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