How To Use Gesture In A Sentence

It was a typical gesture of love and togetherness. The Sun
She tugged sharply on his sleeve to get his attention, then gestured to the tin. THE DEVIL'S DOOR
Sarah made a menacing gesture with her fist.
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In a gesture of friendship, the president invited his former enemies to a reception.

He told her with a wink as he gestured for her to come inside.
Walking someone to the door will once again be considered a courteous gesture.
Action and feeling are expressed through gesture and movement, the meaning of which is usually very clear.
He gestured to the room-service tray of beer and coffee he'd ordered up to lubricate the flow of their conversation. BLACK EAGLES
In a bold gesture of reconciliation, the government released the rebel leader.
Will sighed and turned around slowly, holding his hands up in a gesture of surrender.
Your imagination for romantic gestures is second to none. The Sun
Even her few words of Gaelic at the start of her speech at the state dinner on Wednesday evening – "A Úachtárain agus a chairde" "president and friends", immaculately pronounced – were an unexpected gesture. Irish eyes are smiling: show of respect turns Queen into runaway favourite
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The drinks industry has made a gesture towards its concern about alcohol misuse by setting up the Portman group.
Such a gesture might look to contemporary historians like an act of archival vandalism, but it was entirely characteristic of the old school to which Macmillan belonged.
We thank him sincerely for his generous gesture in allowing this debate to take place.
Other chants, like Agnus dei: Qui pius ac mitis, were expanded, or “troped” with additional text and music, and it was perhaps as an educational gesture that Greek, Hebrew, and Galician words were added to the ancient double-versicle “prosa” Alleluia: Gratulemur et letemur. Archive 2009-04-01
This, he said, had helped ease the poverty levels and called on the Church fraternity to emulate the Catholics' gesture.
It was a nice gesture to invite his wife too.
What was once given as a gesture of goodwill has become a moral obligation.
Through an intricate series of hand gestures and melodic whistles, she quickly garnered its trust and shepherded it into our gated, side yard.
It was a gesture of sheer desperation. Times, Sunday Times
He was sure that the casualness of the gesture was deliberate.
The protest was a symbolic gesture of anger at official policy.
He saw her gesture with her hand toward the moneychangers and the arcade and the terrasse of the Continental Hotel.
He was beginning to be able to interpret the erratic gestures of her left arm.
Maybe it's an apotropaic gesture, maybe one writes to ward off death.
A fund was set up as a goodwill gesture to survivors and their families.
If you wink enough nobody will notice your answerless gestures, dog-gone-it! Beat 360° 10/3/08
It is certainly not a convincing retort to point out that: the argument is inconsistent with the existence of a Board having powers as specified under Section 11 of the Broadcasting Act. However, in assenting to the Act, Parliament either did not know what it was doing; or was making an idle gesture, not expecting the Board to promulgate any regulations respecting standards of programs, the character of advertising, the amount of time that may be devoted to advertising, and other matters specifically referred to, in the Act; or as I believe to be much more likely, Parliament consciously denied the argument that broadcasting can be left to the normal criteria and judgments of the market place. A High Standard
The choreographer's problem is how to make subtle or vigorous gesture visible to those on the other side of the footlights.
He gestured elegantly at the door, his velvet coat rippling out behind him.
Without benefit of notes, visual aids, gestures or humor she spoke for ninety oddly mesmerizing minutes.
He made a rude gesture with his fingers.
We use Vizard Virtual Reality Software and datagloves to interact with the NPCs, developing a gesture and speech based interface.
She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue
He gestured for Grimm to proceed.
In addition to such verbalized utterances there will be a number of sighs, suspirations, and ritual gestures: rapid and repeated finger tapping, holding of the head in one hand, or two hands, and so forth.
(_And with a weary gesture he points to the orchids, as though they were things of which, not impossibly, "posies" might be made_.) Angels & Ministers
But after a quick rummage through the brown leather bag, he snaps it shut and gestures to the door.
Huong waved with both hands in Victnamese gestures that Rob translated to mean, stow the pitcher and glasses.
Whatever the truth, this surely is a case where a gesture of goodwill would have been the appropriate course of action.
He had the respect of his people without the need for grand gestures.
King Frederick William, in a magnanimous gesture, presented the entire room to the tsar.
Inventor Jose Hernandez-Rebollar has invented an electronic glove that transforms American Sign Language hand-gestures into readable or hearable text, to help deaf people communicate more easily with hearing folks. Boing Boing
In the tradition of isolated rural buildings, the house is conceived as a singular gesture responding to the strength of the site: a grassy terrace overlooking a meandering river facing north up a spectacular valley, next to an old eucalypt. Bluff Farm House by Richard Cole Architecture
That his new novel uses photography as a postscript for a moment in history which will forever be indelibly inscribed upon our souls is a gesture both probing and poignant.
My thoughts cling to the tangible memory of you and your every little gesture and movement like a drowning person clings to their saviour.
He kept on ahead, then, lost in thought, followed by Tartlet, who by his shouts and gestures, kept together the flock of sheep, agouties, goats, and poultry. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery
With that gesture began a long day of live music by every Stax artist to raise money for the Watts Summer Festival.
The answer lies in age-appropriate, respectful gestures. Times, Sunday Times
My shoulders hunched up, my hands dug down into my pockets, each gesture made was grand as the movies.
This finding bolsters the so-called gestural theory of language evolution, whose proponents argue that language evolved initially as a gesture system before becoming vocal.
One wondered what symbolic gesture would please him. Times, Sunday Times
Consistent with the tape's essayistic structure and tone, these clips serve a purpose more akin to quotation than to the recontextualizing, deconstructive gestures that are characteristic of many such video art tapes.
He listens politely, then makes plausible but essentially empty gestures.
We greeted each other with a wave and I gestured for him to look at the door.
Moreover, even though the men in the film do ultimately incorporate the mother, her return is experienced by the audience as an unfair intrusion and the men's inclusion of her in their ménage a generous (if also pragmatic) gesture.
But the gesture, largely a political expedient, was not all it seemed. A Rock and a Hard Place
It was a critical gesture at a critical moment. Times, Sunday Times
Narrative dance applies to those phrases of conversation between individuals or between dancers and public, where the dancer uses explicit gestures.
It was a very hollow gesture.
Also striking was a realistic portrait from around 1970 of a woman with upswept hair seated in an ornate chair and another more painterly portrait of a faceless male figure against a background of abstract gestures.
Gestures can also add further meaning to your verbal message.
Schythes were swung, sheaves were tied and built into stooks in an overflowing gesture of co-operation and goodwill.
He is the undisputed backbench champion of the well-publicized empty gesture.
You're not known for magnanimous gestures when it comes to love and romance but you will really have to try a bit harder. The Sun
He gestured to me to push my way up to the front and then pressed a precious boarding pass into my hand.
Tristan threw up his hands in a dramatic gesture .
He gave no verbal instruction but occasionally would gesture with his hand, like a conductor.
Radebe is donating the £500,000 that his testimonial game earned to charity, a gesture which is thoroughly in character.
He hoped some of the Fists might perhaps behold that gesture with joy.
The farewell gesture, the offer to bring Livy and her to America, shook Isa as no other presage of war had so far done. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
Many felt that a grand gesture of statesmanship was required in relation to Northern Ireland.
The debt has finally been wiped and you have received 100 as a goodwill gesture. The Sun
He would play violently, feverishly, with a wild passionateness of gesture which robbed him of all ability to control his own technic. The Titan
A great mimic of voice and gesture, Mogulesco could impersonate anyone: rich, poor, male, female, elder, youth.
Falling at the feet of Jesus in front of a crowd is a telling gesture signifying social inferiority.
Learn how to use your posture and gestures to get ahead at work. Times, Sunday Times
If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it. - Norman Thomas.
Participants are judged based on the timing of the speech, voice intonation and gestures.
It was a gesture meant to signal that the era of complacency was over. Times, Sunday Times
These facts can, of course, be brought to one's attention by unmeant gestures or inopportune intrusions.
It was a gesture, Blanche thought, to allow him time to absorb the information.
These same gestures and movements, even the very words themselves, have been repeated and revived over many generations in that precise place.
She exclaimed, making shooing gestures with her arms.
Philpott understood the gesture and browsed through the antiques until the lone customer had left the shop.
The vitality, reliance on linear profile and formal gesture remind me quite strongly of Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera and the graffiti artists of the 80s and 90s.
The government has only made a token gesture towards helping the unemployed.
Their bodies seemed like a temple for artistic expression that gestured and moved with clockwork precision.
Republicans offered little in the way of conciliatory gestures. Times, Sunday Times
It was a very kind and thoughtful gesture and an example of the love and respect which we should all have for each other to make for peace and harmony in this troubled world.
In a feeble gesture toward appeasing cardiologists everywhere, I sopped some of the fat off the top with more paper towels.
In a bold gesture of reconciliation, the government released the rebel leader.
He looked at me, then my bike, and without returning the gesture, twisted the throttle to blast away.
Through guided tours, church luncheons, public performances, gestures, stories and conferences, each project takes a unique view of memory and community in connecting the past with the present.
Another from Tanagra in Boiotia shows a person raising a kylix or goblet while another individual raises both hands in an apparent gesture of mourning.
In fact the numbers voting for it were probably nearer two millions - a respectable enough turnout at a time of civil war, and an indication that the propitiatory gesture of national consultation had achieved some success.
That all of these levels were explicable within the work itself says volumes about the vitality of conceptualism in the 70s and 80s - it had not yet a reached a nadir of mannerist gestures.
Her smile reflected the completeness of her happiness and ably communicated the effect of Robert's kind gesture.
Meanwhile, this morning, the Complaint Department brought me a glitterball, which was both a lovely gesture and made me realize that she has been increasingly anhedonic for a while now. And the boys of the nypd choir were singing galway bay
I like the informality of the modern gesture and the formality of what he is wearing. Times, Sunday Times
He gestures, gesticulates, and moves with the grace of a dancer.
Robinson was surprised and a little alarmed at such an untypical gesture.
In a typical gesture of sibling acceptance, Hoss leaned over and forked Adam's untouched ham onto his own plate.
For better or worse, he became a master of the grand gesture, grappling with his inner demons and his outsize ego in front of a bemused public. Times, Sunday Times
He smiled gently and touched her cheek in a strangely intimate gesture. CONFESSIONAL
Neil gestured to the evening sky over Diamond Head and its corona of soaring birds. RUSHING TO PARADISE
Some questioned the political gain of such self-sacrifice, or of trying to take down a heavily guarded fence in a gesture of dubious symbolism.
The grandedame gestures of the late fifties had gone, the overblown and icky sentiment had gone.
The protest was a symbolic gesture of anger at official policy.
Her vocabulary was composed of simple runs, skips, and jumps; large, expressive gestures and playful mime.
Every character was not only given a defining gesture, stance and voice but also a distinctive personality.
There were calls among Unionists and Nationalists for the Loyalist groups to follow suit, but Ervine said they did not feel under pressure to make a reciprocal gesture.
Their acceptance of Lydia is total and is signified by a gesture of affection from his mother.
He made a monkey gesture at the crowd as he left the field, a reference to the jibes that had been directed at him. Times, Sunday Times
Their gestures, facial expressions, and vocal intonations render them stereotypically gay or epicene.
More recently, they've branched out to studies of comparative acting techniques, such as exploring the hand gestures of Chinese dance.
Dancers, madly dancing; silhouetted druidic gestures; pale ass-cleft of hippie maiden, vibrant in the dusk. Woodstock Nation
Spitefully, Madame Defarge replies that she has indeed observed Lucie and makes a sinister gesture miming the guillotine.
The vetting out of ‘outsiders’ was not the only kind gesture of these commanders of the Iranian stratocracy.
He turned away with an impatient gesture.
In turn that seems to have come from the verb shoo, meaning to drive a person or an animal in a given direction by making noises or gestures, which in turn comes from the noise people often make when they do it. Archive 2006-03-01
The vast majority of this movie is told in near pantomime: gestures, facial expressions, and stage direction.
They also gave you six months' free line rental for your phone as a gesture of goodwill. The Sun
She studied them closely, trying to read gestures and lips, but to no avail.
It doesn't stop him later that evening from capering madly around the stage, all jack-in-a-box bouncing and extravagant semaphore gestures.
Many of the most powerful symbolic gestures have taken place on the field of play. Times, Sunday Times
The choreographer's problem is how to make subtle or vigorous gesture visible to those on the other side of the footlights.
The Australian Government gave us a koala bear as a gesture of friendship.
Learn how to use your posture and gestures to get ahead at work. Times, Sunday Times
It was a gesture of sheer desperation. Times, Sunday Times
The Government is optimistic that Bill Clinton will use the last days of his presidency to make a generous gesture on debt.
They use gestures, exaggerated voices, or pronouncements to represent things that are not present in the immediate environment.
The prisoner raised his fist in a gesture of defiance as he was led out of the courtroom.
They sent some flowers as a gesture of sympathy to the parents of the child.
But is this often a token gesture? Times, Sunday Times
Their balletic movements are heightened versions of everyday gestures; their costumes are mundane.
Cath spread both hands in a dismissive gesture.
It is also sending you a cheque for 500 as a gesture of goodwill. Times, Sunday Times
Besides the smart gestures and disturbing remarks, no.
Everything was happening too fast...' Her thumbnail was at her mouth in an instinctive gesture. A WORM OF DOUBT
However, the seeming pointlessness of the gesture is the key to its ironic effect and the reason why it enjoys a kinship with Ferry's work.
In a dramatic gesture, the prime minister refused to attend the meeting.
Yet despite that lesson in civics, Republican primary voters are poised once again to make the most radical gesture in choosing their nominee. Monday Night « Gerry Canavan
In certain cases of intrusive R such as “Asiar and Africa” there is a need for _some_ articulatory gesture to mark the word boundary between the schwas of “Asia” and “and”. Intrusive r | Linguism | Language Blog
More than this, the press of enunciation is aimed toward the very object of its own discursive gesture across the drift from the phonetically denominated "double-u" to its single and more immediately recognized graphic variant. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
His resignation was merely a gesture.
Their voices are muted, but every so often, one of them will stop and point or make hand gestures while describing something.
He turned to the person in the corner of the pub and gestured him over.
Adam cried desperately, crossing his fingers behind his back in the childish belief that such a gesture would absolve him. NOBLE BEGINNNINGS
Such heartening gestures are subtle but meaningful tokens of unity.
He had a tattoo of his ex's name removed as a love gesture. The Sun
One was Mario, a huge, excitable Italian — he was like a city policeman with operatic gestures — and the other, a hairy, uncouth animal whom we called the Magyar; I think he was a Transylvanian, or something even more remote. Down and Out in Paris and London
He had painted the ceiling for the Whitehall Banqueting House, where masques had been performed and through which, in a pointed gesture, Charles I was made to pass on the way to his execution.
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Good servants so fixed their attention on their master that the slightest gesture would tell them what to do. Christianity Today
My nervous dance consists of much weight-shifting and hand gestures similar to the mating dance of the blue-footed booby.
He threw the double doors open in a dramatic gesture.
Some training is carried out as a goodwill gesture.
Miss Logan made indeterminate gestures to the priest, then set off in pursuit of her employer.
He responded with a gesture of remarkable unambiguity.
Opening it with a flourish, she gestured him outside. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE
It was a kind gesture but one that would be unlikely today because it might imply culpability and lead to litigation.
a suitable valedictory gesture
Rachelle waved her cousin away as he gestured her to the backyard, where the party was happening.
Ghirlandaio uses the gesture to address the beholder at the beginning of both triads of heroes.
Ezekiel waved his arms, as if the gesture aided in memory retention.
They capture the gestures of the human body in all its pity and rapture, pain and pleasure.
Perhaps the TradesUnion bosses could stop using accountants to 'minimise' their personal tax take from government as a gesture. Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
The president's speech was seen as a conciliatory gesture towards former enemies.
A parallel node structure was proposed to organize virtual-hand model and three-dimension space transformation was applied to synthesize gesture of the hand.
Clad in red, yellow, and green motley, he smirks at us through his fingers in the traditional gesture of one who ‘looks the other way’ in the face of wrongdoing.
He would make dramatic gestures with his pipe. Times, Sunday Times
Republicans offered little in the way of conciliatory gestures. Times, Sunday Times
When uncle Billy, in one of his characteristic empty-headed gestures, accidentally lost his score, the one that would redeem him from undeserved obscurity, something broke in him and he ran screaming out into the streets, meandering aimlessly, meaningless sounds burbling from his lips until he wound up here, on the bridge, teetering over the edge on the verge of a long, life-crushing fall into the dark waters below. The envelopes
Did Mr Djindjic truly believe that Mr Karadzic deserved his support, or was the gesture utterly cynical?
Jess could just see his gestures in the half-light coming from her uncurtained windows.
Many sick people find this sacramental gesture comforting, but I had my doubts about whether I should attempt it in this case. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
With a brief, almost peremptory gesture he pointed to a chair.
You shouldn't be making rude gestures to people!
He made a number of rude gestures in their direction and shouted obscenities at them.
It also gave you an extra 45 as a goodwill gesture. The Sun
I invited them to dinner, a gesture of goodwill.
He in particular is singled out in the painting by his broad brimmed hat, distinctive garb, and masterful gesture.
Elvin," said he, in a cautious whisper, with his accustomed gesture of scraping his cheek, "I've got suthin 'to say to ye. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life
He gestured to his friend to hurry over, and Hank broke into a lope.
He put his arm round her in a protective gesture.
Abrahem also "gestured" to nurses and doctors that they would be beheaded. Latest Articles
The pattern of going to the spas was the attempt of mostly healthy individuals to undertake a prophylactic cure or to make an apotropaic gesture towards disease and be seen spending rather large sums of money doing this.
Buks slapped his braces against his singlet in a double gesture of contempt; a tuft of chest hair deputized for a tie. A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
But of course, this was not the aim of a book made up of grand gestures. The Times Literary Supplement
Here, being true to nature enables Shemesh to record a dazzling array of painterly gestures, some of them squarely within the tradition of Abstract Expressionism.
But, Dad He let the word trail as he gestured to us. The Soldiers of Halla
It is no accident therefore that this body of work is liberally festooned with skulls; populated by zombies, snarling wolves, vipers, black cats, and gestures towards a sort of apostrophized occultism. Psychedelic Denver
The prisoner raised his fist in a gesture of defiance as he was led out of the courtroom.
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Gestures can help you repeat your verbal message.
You could say I meant it as a gesture.

How To Use Gesture In A Sentence

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