gesture
Example Sentences
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All the funny details gesture toward Riley’s main idea: Our modern times feel anxious and isolating.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
The gesture was futile, but the lesson wasn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 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
Trump said the "humanitarian gesture" would start on "Monday morning Middle East time".
From BBC • May 6, 2026
“Just breathe. In and out. Slowly. Feel the concrete under your feet. Under your butt. That’s real and everything else is just…” He makes a vanishing gesture with his hand.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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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