gestures
Example Sentences
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“Full Phil” took about an hour to reveal its point — that parenthood makes you a glutton for punishment — and the jokes are more gestures at where a joke should be.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The best likely outcome for investors: Symbolic gestures that steady the relationship and preserve, and possibly extend, the detente reached last fall.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Such gestures aren’t given to figures who are apathetic or indifferent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
From his office overlooking the glistening waterway, the third generation fish merchant gestures to the horizon.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
He gestures and waves and thinks, and then points to himself and says, “Handsome?”
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
