How to Use gesticulation in a Sentence

gesticulation

noun

• Most of the jeeps erupted in shouts and wild gesticulations.
  — Lini S. Kadaba, Philly.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• Point it at a scene, twist the lens to turn it on, and the A.I. looks for criteria culled from years of data analysis—smiles, gesticulation, a pet entering the frame.
  — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 24 Apr. 2018
• In her brash Texas drawl, Jo Harvey laughed about their many near-divorces as Terry observed her gesticulations with a wry smile.
  — John Lingan, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2020
• Bryant appears to be most confused that the base runner doesn't have to wave but can do any manner of gesticulation, according to the unwritten rules of the ritual.
  — Marissa Payne, chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2017
• His intense eyes and demonstrative gesticulation suggest the gregariousness of someone used to managing the front and back of the house.
  — Sameer Rao, baltimoresun.com, 28 June 2019
• Not a minute later, Curry was driving hard through traffic, punctuating a floater with gesticulations to the baseline crowd and a rare profanity.
  — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 21 May 2018
• Even in this show’s idiosyncratic universe, can a series of celestial gesticulations really bring people back from the dead?
  — Hillary Busis, VanityFair.com, 8 Feb. 2017
• It is also written in his crowded features and high color, the vocal ferocity of his anger, his tendency towards gesticulation, the straying wisps of his white hair.
  — Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2020
• Keke’s the one whose flamboyant gesticulation and charismatic storytelling style are sought after by talk show bookers.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2022
• South Carolina head coach Frank Martin has earned a reputation as one of the angriest coaches in college basketball with a repertoire of gesticulations and outbursts that can turn his cheeks the color of his garnet jackets.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2017
• His is an amalgam of swirling turns, more subdued facial expressions, and softer, but equally articulate gesticulations.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• And his constant movement and gesticulation proved less distracting there than in smaller auditoriums.
  — James R. Oestreich, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
• Whilst their country's footballing representatives were remonstrating, their footballing emissary, Prince Fahid, displayed his own disproval with frenetic gesticulation from the stands.
  — SI.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• Postmodern architecture had always gestured toward the antique past, usually in a mode of acerbic or calculatingly boisterous irony, but Kuma’s wild gesticulations in M2 were grotesque and overwhelming.
  — Nikil Saval, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024