semaphoric
- a word derived from semaphore.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps in compensation, Mr. David has enlarged his gestures, providing semaphoric variations on his classic shrug.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2015
It’s as if they really were just animated versions of the Narrator’s plastic dolls, an effect underscored by Liam Steel’s semaphoric choreography.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2012
His semaphoric acting bore witness to his Navy training.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day they flash a semaphoric SOS from their bedroom window toward the naval base across the bay, succeed in alerting a considerable portion of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
A semaphoric communication was soon afterwards established between the Alumbagh and the Residency.
From Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles
