gesture
Example Sentences
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Then he gestured for me to sit by him.
From Literature
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Salzburg lifted his hands in a gesture of helplessness.
From Literature
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The florist-by-trade gestures behind her to hundreds of flowers contained in buckets — blue thistles, ivory anemones and calla lilies painted silver — all twisted and unfurling into the air.
From Los Angeles Times
"As long as we still have fur farms in Europe and we still have the possibility of importing it, it’s a gesture that doesn't change the underlying idea," Bianchi added.
From Barron's
Her poised smile and claps resemble her father’s gestures.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.