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Recent Examples of gestural
Backdrop redrew the original horses, creating an abstract, watercolour layered effect that infused depth and a narrative arc to the gestural horse drawings.
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
But for all their startling power and sweat, the heavily gestural choreography is presentational rather than dramatic.
—David Benedict, Variety, 1 July 2025
Here, the body is the frame, which holds the infinite gestural archives within movement, while highlighting the female form as both the subject and the lens; the image and the image-maker.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
With much encouragement from Mr. Greene, Mr. Stella turned out gestural paintings in the manner of Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning.
—William Grimes, New York Times, 4 May 2024
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Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
But for all their startling power and sweat, the heavily gestural choreography is presentational rather than dramatic.
—David Benedict, Variety, 1 July 2025
Here, the body is the frame, which holds the infinite gestural archives within movement, while highlighting the female form as both the subject and the lens; the image and the image-maker.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
With much encouragement from Mr. Greene, Mr. Stella turned out gestural paintings in the manner of Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning.
—William Grimes, New York Times, 4 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestural
Adjective
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The new film puts empty characters (their tattoos are more expressive than the dialogue they’re given) into dangerous situations and dispatches them with all the empty pleasure of video-game kills.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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Nigeria is bold, expressive, and layered.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Cobots seamlessly work in cooperation with humans, are typically lightweight, designed with human safety and interaction in mind, and not mobile.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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One project in Greenland is creating an autonomous mobile observatory powered by the sun, to be deployed on remote parts of the island’s ice sheet.—
Lara Williams,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The scribes replaced by movable type lost their livelihoods, but literacy spread to millions.—
Zack Kass,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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The platform features 31 degrees of freedom, including fully articulated hands, a multi-DOF waist with braking, a movable head, and binocular vision, providing human-like perception and dexterity.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Jan. 2026
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Among the more moving cases that Blair describes are those of people who in life were vulnerable and powerless but in death were considered formidable threats.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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The offense is considered a non-moving violation with no license points, though vehicles can be towed in some cases.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Semen quality was determined by measuring semen volume, sperm shape and concentration, and the proportion of sperm that were motile (capable of moving or swimming properly).—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Moreover, having normal semen volumes, sperm motility, sperm concentration, and total motile sperm counts are not guarantees of fertility.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
21 June 2021
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Either in practice or in games, there’s nothing demonstrative about how Stafford teaches his teammates.—
Adam Grosbard,
Oc Register,
3 Jan. 2026
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Bob Jenkins may not have been demonstrative in his tone, but the owner of one of the plaintiff Cup Series teams had a notable flair when expressing how NASCAR treated its teams during charter negotiations.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Gestural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestural. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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