Example Sentences

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Sometimes his wife will motion with her hands to try to quiet him.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2015

I’ll be in a booth, locked in between five or seven people, and someone will motion for me to get up to go see them.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2014

When will motion be lost and feeling remain, and vice versa?

From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman