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Recent Examples of gesticulate
On benches beneath a massive palm tree, a group of older gentlemen talked and gesticulated, umbrellas propped between their knees.
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Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2025
Someone turned on the tv, where two commentators in yellow blazers gesticulated wildly, announcing every three minutes that the game was about to start — until another stream of advertisements cut them off, delaying the kickoff yet again.
—Felix Nesi (tr. Lara Norgaard), The Dial, 21 Jan. 2024
On benches beneath a massive palm tree, a group of older gentlemen talked and gesticulated, umbrellas propped between their knees.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2025
Here, Haaland is gesticulating for Bernardo to press.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2025
Someone turned on the tv, where two commentators in yellow blazers gesticulated wildly, announcing every three minutes that the game was about to start — until another stream of advertisements cut them off, delaying the kickoff yet again.
—Felix Nesi (tr. Lara Norgaard), The Dial, 21 Jan. 2024
On benches beneath a massive palm tree, a group of older gentlemen talked and gesticulated, umbrellas propped between their knees.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2025
Here, Haaland is gesticulating for Bernardo to press.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gesticulate
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As the camera panned to the Phillies' dugout after the final out, Castellanos was shown standing on the top step, gesturing towards the crowd and yelling towards a fan.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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Swift asked after the first chorus, gesturing to Brown.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Verb
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He was waved home by third base coach Tim Leiper and was called safe before the call was overturned on replay review, ending the inning.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2025
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After betting big on U.S. assembly, and waving the red, white, and blue in its marketing, the company realized that most consumers didn’t care where the phone was made.—
Verne Kopytoff,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
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The little one nods with a smile, though his father sees his sadness and tries to be strong – for both Noah and his 3-month-old sister, Lyn, whom his wife was breastfeeding until ICE detained her in May.—
Sol Amaya,
CNN Money,
5 July 2025
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Each dessert nods to one of them through flavor or design.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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“Gesticulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gesticulate. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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