Sample Sentences for
gesticulate
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    "Well, the littluns are—" He gesticulated, sought for a word.  (source)
    gesticulated = made a gesture (hand or body movement)
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    The plump fingers of the child gesticulated through the grille.  (source)
    gesticulated = moved to express something
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    They were all talking away, gesticulating vehemently, but it didn't look as though they were talking about anything that mattered.  (source)
    gesticulating = making gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking or to express something
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    He jumped up, ran across the room, and stood gesticulating in front of the Controller.  (source)
    gesticulating = making gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking or to express something
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    She was tangential with her topics, and her hands gesticulated wildly, flying up with a nervousness that wasn't like her at all.  (source)
    gesticulated = made gestures
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    It is commonly supposed that they communicated by sounds and tentacular gesticulations;  (source)
    gesticulations = movements
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    He laughed and threw the bottle upwards with a gesticulation I did not understand.  (source)
    gesticulation = hand or body movement
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    They shout and gesticulate tremendously but cannot agree, and Rodrigo is about to bear away the exhausted Zara, when the timid servant enters with a letter and a bag from Hagar, who has mysteriously disappeared.†  (source)
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    She gesticulates wildly, arms flailing.  (source)
    gesticulates = makes gestures (hand or body movements)
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    There were many Jews, stout ladies in tight satin dresses and diamonds, little corpulent men with a gesticulative manner.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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    He could see the high cab, even the gesticulating figure of the driver behind the single long wiper blade.  (source)
    gesticulating = making gestures (hand or body movements)
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    She was wedged between a small old woman with tight-set lips and a fat matron, without a hat, who was talking shrilly and gesticulated all the time.  (source)
    gesticulated = made gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking
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    Signals and gesticulations on the part of the boss.  (source)
    gesticulations = gestures (hand or body movements) made to express something
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