gesticulate
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Let the officers pore over their digital maps and the soldiers gesticulate obscurely at one another on the field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Dart looked close to tears at the start of the second set and continued to gesticulate towards her team, which was led by mum Susie who has been coaching her in New York.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024
They even made note of our facial expressions and the way we would gesticulate, and they worked that into it a bit, so I would say it was unusually collaborative.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024
City’s manager was furious, repeatedly turning to the Anfield fans behind the dugout to gesticulate.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
This poor creature used to gesticulate, laugh and talk to himself.
From Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
Goodman is animated, her long red hair moving with her as she gesticulates.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
As she argues a point, she gesticulates broadly, leans forward and occasionally pounds the table.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
Instead, he drops it and picks it up, twirls it like a baton, and gesticulates wildly with it.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2019
The character — on closer inspection, an animated frog — paces and gesticulates, then disappears behind a fence before returning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2018
He gesticulates wildly toward Rosie, ranting without pause.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Before his winner he hit both posts, moaned and furiously gesticulated at the referee and team-mates, while also being pursued by a pitch invader at one stage.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
After the game, he gesticulated to the Dutch bench and insulted striker Wout Weghorst, who scored twice in regulation.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
Over and over, he gesticulated and yelled toward his guest box, where only four of the 15 seats were occupied, quite a contrast to Tiafoe’s completely full section.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Kirby Smart leaped and danced and gesticulated across the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis for the entirety of Monday night.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2022
He gesticulated, his words tangling up with one another.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Viewers were left watching a silent movie of a shrinking figure gesticulating wildly into the wind.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
But with Patterson on the USC sideline for the first time, gesticulating and sweating in the coaches’ all-black attire, it did drop some concerning clues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"Instead of listening to music, we listen to the news constantly," the father of three, gesticulating to emphasise his point, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
"If you look at this globe, Greenland is the most centrally located place on Earth," says world-renowned geologist Prof Minik Rosing, gesticulating in his wood-panelled office.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
He watched Ser Gregor as the Mountain rode up and down the line, shouting and gesticulating.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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