as in gestured
to move your arms and hands especially when speaking in an angry or emotional way
He was gesticulating wildly during his speech.
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Recent Examples of gesticulated
Onstage, Abrams seemed the more demure of the two, strumming her guitar behind a mic stand while Hobert held her microphone in her hand and gesticulated with authorial flair.
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Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gesticulated
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Somewhere to the north, Lilian gestured, and Jeremy provided the prison’s name.—
Yiyun Li,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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Richter — who, like Cantor, had spent her entire career here, first as a research mathematician and then, after retiring, as a lecturer on the history of mathematics — gestured for Goos to sit.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Feb. 2026
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Mazzulla waved the white flag just past the midway point of the fourth quarter, sending in deep reserves Luka Garza and Dalano Banton to close out the game.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Dre entered my field of vision and waved at me.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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The tribe then nodded in the affirmative.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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This time, Kane nodded vigorously.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Gesticulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gesticulated. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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