Gesture

//ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ//

"Gesture" in a Sentence (24 examples)

We communicated with each other by gesture.

The gesture fetched a laugh from the audience.

Jane made an angry gesture.

This gesture is familiar to young people.

Just as one gesture can have many different meanings, many different gestures can have the same meaning.

Gesture is another way of communication.

He responded by giving the "OK" gesture.

He made a gesture of impatience.

He tried to speak by word or gesture.

He made a gesture to me to run away.

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The middle-finger gesture is really a nonverbal swear.

Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye, / In every gesture dignity and love.

Hand gestures are also essential to Belter communication, as they evolved from the days of wearing space suits with poor comms during the early settler days.

We took flowers as a gesture of sympathy.

But, with a gesture, she put a period to this dalliance—one shouldn't palter so on an empty stomach, she might almost have said.

This Web browser can be controlled with mouse gestures.

Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by very many nations.

My dad told me never to gesture with my hands when I talk.

Never gesture at someone using your middle finger: it may be perceived as an insult.

He gestured his disgust.

It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth.

[…] she sweepingly gestured him to the pillory — a chair upon the platform, facing the school. Here he suffered for the unusual term of an hour, with many jocular and cunning eyes constantly upon him; and, when he was released at noon, horrid shouts […]

“Then what can you do?” she snapped. “I was told you were the best. Was that an idle boast?” He sighed and gestured her to sit down. “My lady, I—” “Countess,” she said sharply.

Lorna gestured him to wait and handed the digital camera back to her. […] The guard gestured her to follow him. He seemed harmless without any guile as he stood facing her, waiting for her. She nodded and gestured, telling him to lead the way.

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