as in motioned
to direct or notify by a movement or gesture
the police officer gestured me to the side of the road to tell me my headlight was out
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Recent Examples of gestured
Academy President Lynette Howell Taylor kicked off the ceremony with a brief speech thanking the audience, both in person and those watching the livestream, while providing a preamble that gestured at the ongoing conversations about the role of AI in film.
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
Carrington made a trey in the second half and gestured at the U bench.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
Another sergeant who was not named in the complaint gestured to show off his humble Apple watch.
—Tess Riski
january 9, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Trump gestured to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other senior officials when asked who would serve as his proconsuls in Venezuela.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
McMillian, who was blitzing, gestured back at his would-be matchup — Washington — lined up in the slot.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2025
Kay, who by then was finishing his second Guinness, gestured at my phone.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
The commission’s Executive Director Shawn Ayala stood in front of commissioners, and gestured to the screen.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 Dec. 2025
This gestured to a point of imagined authenticity in my eyes, made stranger still by the fact that Lindneaux was not Cherokee.
—Eliana Ramage, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
Carrington made a trey in the second half and gestured at the U bench.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
Another sergeant who was not named in the complaint gestured to show off his humble Apple watch.
—Tess Riski
january 9, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Trump gestured to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other senior officials when asked who would serve as his proconsuls in Venezuela.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
McMillian, who was blitzing, gestured back at his would-be matchup — Washington — lined up in the slot.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2025
Kay, who by then was finishing his second Guinness, gestured at my phone.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
The commission’s Executive Director Shawn Ayala stood in front of commissioners, and gestured to the screen.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 6 Dec. 2025
This gestured to a point of imagined authenticity in my eyes, made stranger still by the fact that Lindneaux was not Cherokee.
—Eliana Ramage, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestured
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Mims motioned from the right slot to outside on the left.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026
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After the Packers motioned and right before the snap, Booker slanted inside and Brisker went outside.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Twin waved at them, and finally the police spotted her hiding in plain sight, standing beside her neighbors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Some attendees waved American or Mexican flags.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Gestured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestured. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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