pantomiming

Definition of pantomimingnext
present participle of pantomime

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pantomiming
Verb
  • As two other agents rushed toward her window, gesturing at her and trying to open the vehicle’s door, Ross walked to the front of her vehicle.
    Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The footage, posted initially to Marzilli's Instagram account @emgonewild, begins with the free-diving instructor and her friends in full dive gear, screaming and gesturing at each other on the water's surface with big smiles on their faces.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Their remaining team-mates applauded the away enclosure, but many in that section were gesticulating their disdain.
    Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Artist mourned the silent era by miming through the Oscars, while La La Land and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood turned failure into choreography.
    Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Think back to that preseason finale, when Dart went viral for miming the hurry-up motion to get him out of the medical tent quickly.
    Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Fedorov left the city in 2003, signing with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Chicago may soon have an outfield vacancy if top free agent Kyle Tucker winds up signing with another team.
    Mac Cerullo, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Images shared by Bakersfield Search & Rescue appear to show the hiker — who was bundled up in a sweatshirt, sweatpants, puffer coat and hat — smiling and waving as someone photographed him after the rescue.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The dozens of signs waving in the cold winter air all expressed different concerns as people protested near Livernois Road and Walton Boulevard in Rochester Hills, Michigan.
    Julia Avant, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The next play offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand called involved a couple of players motioning.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Virgin-Morgan then was motioning toward officials, but nothing was called by the crew.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 22 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Boston Dynamics confirmed that initial units will be deployed in 2026 at Hyundai’s Metaplant in Georgia, signaling Atlas’s transition from research platform to commercial workforce robot.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
  • At that moment, a bell rang, signaling the start of the lunch hour.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Pantomiming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pantomiming. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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