Example Sentences

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The workers were motioning for everyone to turn back toward Lahaina.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Chefs were motioning me to crouch down in the brace position.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2015

Jaime parked his car in the deserted square without noticing the soldiers who were motioning him not to stop.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

She pointed to her father and sisters who were motioning to them in the distance and hurrying to overtake them.

From The Nabob, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Ives, George Burnham