How to Use sign language in a Sentence

sign language

noun

• Will is the first man in nine years to learn sign language for me.
  — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021
• For a few months, Sapp would use sign language to talk to Dee.
  — Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• Witschey has trained the deaf dogs to respond to sign language.
  — Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• Kong and Jia are pals, and her knowledge of sign language will come in handy.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2021
• The 6-year-old is learning Spanish and sign language, and counts by 5s and 10s.
  — New York Times, 7 Aug. 2021
• And on the floor was someone with a mic translating the sign language to speech.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 20 Feb. 2023
• The students chat back and forth in sign language, and Mr. Bitrus signs back.
  — Nathaniel Bivan, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2024
• Bleu learned sign language with the help of a tutor in roughly three weeks—no easy feat.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 6 June 2022
• Ritter learned sign language for the role (as well as some Spanish).
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
• And the idea came to me of having sign language be the missing element that the new husband doesn’t share with the rest of them.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2022
• The cast was tasked with working sign language into their roles.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• His idea to use sign language was not a completely new idea.
  — National Geographic, 28 May 2019
• So now her father is teaching her son sign language once a week on a video chat.
  — Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, National Geographic, 7 May 2020
• Plenty of kids on the team, both Adams and his son said, don’t have families that know sign language.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2021
• That year the team faced two other schools for the deaf, which meant the opponents also knew sign language.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
• Thing quakes, then quickly explains in sign language that it’s there for her own good.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• After the Skype session, I was asked to copy a sign language video that featured Sian’s friend signing one of the scenes.
  — Caitlin Brody, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2021
• Then came the backlash, from linguists and experts in sign languages.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2018
• His speech, delivered in sign language, was a heart-melter.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
• The group took a flat route and offered sign language interpreters and rest stops with medics and supplies.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2020
• At first, Koko did not seem to warm to Gorney, calling her a toilet via sign language.
  — National Geographic, 21 June 2018
• In Maya’s case, the district said the months-long delay was due to a shortage of sign language interpreters.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
• The family did their best to learn sign language and adjust their lives to meet their daughter’s needs.
  — PEOPLE.com, 5 Feb. 2018
• Niemiller also joked about a restaurant staffer who used sign language to thank him at the end of a drive-through transaction.
  — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 24 July 2019
• For the mother of Mr. Rivera, the man detained for using sign language, just thinking about this weekend’s vote has her on the verge of tears.
  — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
• The rental company will offer meet-and-greets in sign language and story time.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2020
• Richard’s aggrieved mother, the Duchess of York (Monique Holt), uses sign language.
  — New York Times, 11 July 2022
• In the 2018 horror film, sign language adds to the suspense and rules of the story because its characters must not speak to stay alive.
  — David Zimmermann, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
• Frenchie was the first to really bond with Kimiko back in season 1, learning her unique form of sign language, and the two have only gotten closer.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 July 2024
• The biggest challenge is translating the three hour plus repertoire from English oral language to Spanish sign language.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024