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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

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

His semaphoric acting bore witness to his Navy training.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was standing as he spoke, emphasising his periods with semaphoric motions of his right arm.

From Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch by Vachell, Horace Annesley