Example Sentences

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He had been gesticulating with one hand, which he now jammed wrathfully into his pocket.

From Philosophy 4 by Wister, Owen

“What for?” said Charley Vining’s jealous heart, as he recalled the excited way in which Max had been gesticulating before his sister.

From By Birth a Lady by Fenn, George Manville

The dear brown manly hand that had potted tigers while she had been gesticulating on platforms—a performing lioness.

From The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes by Zangwill, Israel

He found that in his enthusiastic gesticulations he had been gesticulating with her hand as well as his own.

From Space Platform by Leinster, Murray