All 5 Uses of
gesticulate
in
The Invisible Man by Wells
- The frantic gesticulations they surprised now and then, the headlong pace after nightfall that swept him upon them round quiet corners, the inhuman bludgeoning of all tentative advances of curiosity, the taste for twilight that led to the closing of doors, the pulling down of blinds, the extinction of candles and lamps—who could agree with such goings on?†
Chpt 4
- For the man who stood there shouting some incoherent explanation, was a solid gesticulating figure up to the coat-collar of him, and then--nothingness, no visible thing at all!
Chpt 7 *gesticulating = making gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking
- For a space people stood amazed and gesticulating, and then came panic, and scattered them abroad through the village as a gust scatters dead leaves.†
Chpt 7
- So Hall and Henfrey, rather crestfallen, tiptoed back to the bar, gesticulating to explain to her.†
Chpt 12
- Abruptly Huxter's door opened and Huxter appeared, eyes staring with excitement, arms gesticulating.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(gesticulate) to make gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking or to express something