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
Trump gestured to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other senior officials when asked who would serve as his proconsuls in Venezuela.
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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
As the moon rose, Mugibelo gestured out to the salt pans behind us.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
Bosko's sister made it within steps of Green before security came out and gestured her off the stage.
—Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Cain laughed and gestured to the shelf behind him.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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
As the moon rose, Mugibelo gestured out to the salt pans behind us.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
Bosko's sister made it within steps of Green before security came out and gestured her off the stage.
—Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Cain laughed and gestured to the shelf behind him.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestured
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The team motioned but stayed in punt formation.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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Strange, though, motioned inside to help block an all-out Denver blitz.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
24 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Once the boat was loaded, the man in the white T-shirt waved his arms like a bandleader, leading the migrants in a chant for one of his TikTok promo videos.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Police officers briefly formed a cordon to prevent a surge of protesters after an Israeli flag was reportedly waved by a passer-by.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Gestured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestured. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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