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
Halverson gestured to a telephone behind him on his office desk.
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Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Gray shook his head in mock frustration and gestured at his phone as the call went to Johansson’s voicemail.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 16 May 2026
The outlook appeared so bleak that Alexey Miranchuk gestured to the heavens and said, if the team could acquire help from a higher power and get a road win, maybe the ship could be steered in the right direction.
—Amna Subhan, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
Girls Trip is a deeper exploration of ideas the proper album had only gestured to.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 May 2026
None of this diminishes the political commitments of the artists Osmon writes about, all of whom strove to live up to the ideals that their music gestured toward.
—Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Some gestured, comically, at their excitement at helping to reform Saudi society.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
The inequalities of the art world are gestured to as fact.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
On the way back to the inn, in the fading yellow light, Tony gestured toward a modest wooden shed with a derelict fishing pier extending into the water.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026
Gray shook his head in mock frustration and gestured at his phone as the call went to Johansson’s voicemail.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 16 May 2026
The outlook appeared so bleak that Alexey Miranchuk gestured to the heavens and said, if the team could acquire help from a higher power and get a road win, maybe the ship could be steered in the right direction.
—Amna Subhan, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
Girls Trip is a deeper exploration of ideas the proper album had only gestured to.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 May 2026
None of this diminishes the political commitments of the artists Osmon writes about, all of whom strove to live up to the ideals that their music gestured toward.
—Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Some gestured, comically, at their excitement at helping to reform Saudi society.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
The inequalities of the art world are gestured to as fact.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
On the way back to the inn, in the fading yellow light, Tony gestured toward a modest wooden shed with a derelict fishing pier extending into the water.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestured
Verb
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Channeling his inner Jameson, a spirited Simmons then motioned for Spider-Man to get tossed from the game.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Another incident identified by police allegedly occurred on March 27, when Berrios-Otero allegedly motioned for a 4-year-old child to sit on his lap and directed him to get a blanket, according to the warrant affidavits.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
Verb
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As drivers waved signs and chanted with the gold dome of the Massachusetts State House providing a backdrop, labor leaders described the victory as the largest private-sector organizing win since Ford autoworkers unionized in 1941.—
Leah Willingham,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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My wife looked beautiful, wearing a sundress that waved in the summer breeze.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
26 May 2026
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“Gestured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestured. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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