gestural

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Recent Examples of gestural 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 Moon’s colorful ceramic sculptures and gestural paintings take inspiration from a variety of global cultures. Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Apr. 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 See All Example Sentences for gestural
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestural
Adjective
  • There’s a little freedom to his hockey, an expressive, creative way of looking at it.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Additionally, the mill offers experimental coatings and creative color treatments, resulting in bold and expressive takes on denim.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Jaxson Dart’s brought energy to the G-men, but Denver’s completely swallowed up mobile quarterbacks the past two weeks in Jalen Hurts and Justin Fields.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The cinema experience at the premiere saw some behavior that was atypical for mobile users.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Grogu, or Baby Yoda, has a movable head, ears, and arms and the set comes with neat features like his silver ball and a frog.
    Alexander Cox, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • According to the firm, the larger prototype includes a 1,485-square-foot (138 square meters) heliostat made of 40 movable mirrors that track the sun and reflect its rays towards a 32-foot-wide (10 meters) concave dish concentrator.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tomas Alfredson's atmospheric, brutal chiller is one of the most moving and memorable films about childhood put to screen.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Our audience responses were the most moving part of this entire journey.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • Mark shot street protests, Pride marches, and Thanksgiving parades—showing how the city’s diverse cultures and identities are replenished by the demonstrative joy of belonging, and how the city at large is enriched by its variety of communities.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • While Workers United maintains that the recent string of protests around the country are purely demonstrative, Freed for one is ready to put that practice to use if necessary.
    Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Gestural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestural. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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