other words for waved
- brandish
- flap
- flutter
- fly
- shake
- swing
- twirl
- twist
- wield
- beckon
- billow
- coil
- curl
- direct
- falter
- flourish
- flow
- fluctuate
- gesticulate
- indicate
- motion
- oscillate
- palpitate
- pulsate
- pulse
- quaver
- quiver
- reel
- ripple
- seesaw
- sign
- signal
- stir
- stream
- surge
- sway
- swell
- swirl
- swish
- switch
- tremble
- undulate
- vacillate
- vibrate
- wag
- waggle
- waver
- whirl
- wigwag
- wobble
- move to and fro
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Stubby pushed two chairs up to the fire, waved Jack to one, and extended his own feet to the blaze.
Suneep waved absently, his short fingers describing trivialities in the air.
His commissary was attached to the Staff of the corps, over which waved the “yellow-blue flag.”
Balderston waved his helmet, his face aglow with excitement.
Dan and Harry watched him ride away, and as he looked back, waved him a last farewell.
Then he waved his hand to the policemen and reporters who had gathered around.
That morning, as the cutting was going on, I advanced and offered my part, but Mr. Daly waved me away.
She might at least have looked up and waved her hand, or nodded, or smiled—or something!
As he waved from the steps, Penny realized that she had forgotten to ask for his Canadian address.
Then the hands are waved forward and back, like wings—slowly for large birds, fast for little birds, to imitate the bird itself.
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