Example Sentences

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People who don't have arms will experience a phantom feeling they are gesturing.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2023

“What we are gesturing here is, ‘No, we are not trying to build the entire country.’”

From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2022

"What we are gesturing here is, 'No, we are not trying to build the entire country.'"

From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2022

“Normal,” as these women are gesturing to these tiny glinting golden jeweled pieces all over their bodies.

From Slate • Aug. 14, 2021

Those two men have reached the Kwango River and are gesturing helplessly at an astonished fisherman.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver