How to Use gesture in a Sentence

gesture

1 of 2 noun

• His arm was raised in a gesture of defiance.
• Specific gestures can indicate particular moods.
• Switch to the Gestures tab to see some of the gestures already in place.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
• Learn how to set up the double tap gesture on your phone and watch here.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2023
• The gesture, like the idea of flowers in a straw basket bag, was simple.
  — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 July 2023
• But gestures from the US could indicate winds of change.
  — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 28 June 2023
• The couple moved away and neither side has made any gestures.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
• At times, the gestures would pause or grow more furious.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• With the help of voice commands and gestures, users can switch between modes—home, work, on-the-go, driving, sport, etc.
  — Dmytro Kornilov, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• The hyenas approached the robot, and one cub even offered it a stick in what seemed like a gesture to play.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
• Sterling laughed and thanked Waldman and Turner for the kind gesture.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 12 June 2023
• The act of cutting is its own gesture, violent and abrupt.
  — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• Even the meekest public gestures can land a person in jail.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
• The emblem is one of dozens of Nazi symbols, phrases and gestures that are banned in Germany.
  — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• No one has signed the image; the gesture is anonymous, just as the poet imagines every effort will be at the end of the world.
  — Louise Glück, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• And using it in a public setting, like on the train or at the library, attracts stares — not least because of the in-the-air hand gestures involved.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
• In Season 6, the voice, the gestures — those came naturally.
  — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Nor can it be performed with any clothing, gestures, or words that are proper to a wedding.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Dec. 2023
• That’s the thinking behind Double Tap, a new gesture available with watchOS 10.1.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 16 Nov. 2023
• In the video, Newton - the Heisman Trophy winner from Auburn - appears to heckle a teenage fan with a rude gesture.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 26 July 2023
• But Janssen's gesture has since received mixed feedback from fans.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
• The execs chuckled at the gesture but refused to put on the T-shirts, leaving only Friedman and Ullman to wear them.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
• This camera can also be used to detect gestures—just hold your palm up at the camera to pause music.
  — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
• In the third episode of season 6 of the Netflix series, Clay Gravesande appears to have placed a bottle of the beverage in the microwave, and fans were quick to call out the odd gesture.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2024
• The gesture was far from the only local connection in the 150-minute set, much of which paid tribute to house music, a style born in Chicago.
  — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
• In white overalls and a blue satin jacket, Williams bounced and twirled across the stage to sing the chorus, hug Grohl, and gesture at the band, including new drummer Josh Freese.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2023
• Rams running back Kyren Williams makes a first-down gesture after a carry in the second half against the Cardinals.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• Savino made a half-joking face palm gesture when asked about Bona’s struggles.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• The most powerful gesture of kindness in the South is often a simple handshake, where a good, firm grip still goes a long way here.
  — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2023
• Make an even bigger gesture by slipping a gift card or a few dollars inside.
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2023

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gesture

2 of 2 verb

• He gestured to his partner to leave.
• She gestured towards the fireplace.
• The room was filled with angry people shouting and gesturing.
• He gestured at his audience.
• Lewis then gestured to the robber, and both of them left the store, the video showed.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• The man appears to speak to James and gesture with his right hand.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• Jesmyn Ward gestured with her eyes and a tilt of her face, hands on the wheel.
  — Imani Perry, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• At one point, the dancers took us by the hand and showed us how to move our hips and gesture with our hands.
  — Nadia Owusu, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2021
• The bear then gestured to the audience, pointing at his nose and back to the stars.
  — Ashley Wong, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2023
• The frightened driver screeched to a stop at a red light, jumped out of the cab, and gestured toward its rear.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 June 2019
• The book’s opening pages gesture back to the author’s prior work.
  — Ned Blackhawk, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
• Snow gestured to the bird keeping watch a few feet away, even as the parking lot emptied.
  — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
• His idea was to roll twenty fat joints and hand them around in the morning as a good-will gesture, to open up the hearts of his customers.
  — David Means, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
• On Tuesday, Accius gestured to the watermark on the walls of his home that reached the ceiling.
  — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2019
• Goblin gestured him over and pulled from the container a pipe wrapped in black tape and capped with a brass fitting and a fuse.
  — Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
• My mother, backlit in the doorway, gestured with a sweep of the hand to present the inaugural view.
  — Liz Arnold, Longreads, 11 July 2018
• Gracie wore a blue halter dress that gestured to Swift’s Speak Now era.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023
• Zeke had gestured to the broom closet in the back of his bicycle store, which Mira had entered in search of a bike pump for the boys.
  — Dalia Rosenfeld, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2019
• And Trudeau goes on from there, hands gesturing, mouth grinning.
  — Paula Newton, CNN, 5 Dec. 2019
• Zhou gestured to an open hallway, then crabbed along in his usual way.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2018
• The older men would wearily sigh, roll their eyes, and gesture toward the first hand… at which point Lee would open his fist and present their coins.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2021
• As the man begins to move away from the register, the employee gestures to the officer to alert him of the robbery.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
• Nor should such a person silently gesture to alert him.
  — oregonlive, 15 Aug. 2023
• Washing her hands at the sink, Ms. Bündchen gestured to the children’s bedroom doors.
  — Mattie Kahn, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
• As the officials reviewed the play, Green yelled to a crowd that was yelling at him, while clapping and gesturing for the fans to keep going.
  — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• Milley himself gestured to the need for realism on both sides of the conflict.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
• Ross gestured to the open windows high up in the warehouse wall and explained that the wind sprays in seawater, which settles like fairy dust on the casks.
  — Aaron Hicklin, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
• For most of the debate, Biden just gestured backwards, clearly not expecting anyone to go in for the kill.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 28 June 2019
• The play seems to gesture to the tension in the room, that Della Rose is hiding her friendship with Jimmy from her husband.
  — Jerald Pierce, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2021
• Rajabi gestured plaintively up at the portrait of his son above his head.
  — Rachel Poser, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 5 May 2024