gesture

Example Sentences

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I just wanna drift and go peacefully,” Lueders said, rubbing both eyes before making a drifting gesture with both hands.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 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

Pope Francis had performed this ceremony, which re-enacts Jesus's gesture toward his apostles, among marginalised people, whether prisoners, migrants or the homeless.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

She looks confused, and I gesture to the vacant apartment she’s hiding in.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller