as in motioned
to direct or notify by a movement or gesture
the police officer gestured me to the side of the road to tell me my headlight was out
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Recent Examples of gestured
Gray shook his head in mock frustration and gestured at his phone as the call went to Johansson’s voicemail.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 16 May 2026
The outlook appeared so bleak that Alexey Miranchuk gestured to the heavens and said, if the team could acquire help from a higher power and get a road win, maybe the ship could be steered in the right direction.
—Amna Subhan, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
After the Golden Knights scored, Quenneville reached over a couple of his players on the bench and gestured toward the officials in an irate manner.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Girls Trip is a deeper exploration of ideas the proper album had only gestured to.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 May 2026
None of this diminishes the political commitments of the artists Osmon writes about, all of whom strove to live up to the ideals that their music gestured toward.
—Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Some gestured, comically, at their excitement at helping to reform Saudi society.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
The inequalities of the art world are gestured to as fact.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
On the way back to the inn, in the fading yellow light, Tony gestured toward a modest wooden shed with a derelict fishing pier extending into the water.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Brent Lang, Variety, 16 May 2026
The outlook appeared so bleak that Alexey Miranchuk gestured to the heavens and said, if the team could acquire help from a higher power and get a road win, maybe the ship could be steered in the right direction.
—Amna Subhan, AJC.com, 7 May 2026
After the Golden Knights scored, Quenneville reached over a couple of his players on the bench and gestured toward the officials in an irate manner.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Girls Trip is a deeper exploration of ideas the proper album had only gestured to.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 May 2026
None of this diminishes the political commitments of the artists Osmon writes about, all of whom strove to live up to the ideals that their music gestured toward.
—Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Some gestured, comically, at their excitement at helping to reform Saudi society.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
The inequalities of the art world are gestured to as fact.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
On the way back to the inn, in the fading yellow light, Tony gestured toward a modest wooden shed with a derelict fishing pier extending into the water.
—Akash Kapur, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestured
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Another incident identified by police allegedly occurred on March 27, when Berrios-Otero allegedly motioned for a 4-year-old child to sit on his lap and directed him to get a blanket, according to the warrant affidavits.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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In team periods Saturday, Joly motioned around the slot and outside, similar to how Engram lined up throughout practices last year.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Trump gave the crowd a double thumbs up, and Xi waved before both leaders entered the legislature building for talks expected to influence relations between the world’s two largest economies.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Police say Davis waved a gun at the child before Wakefield stepped in front of his son to protect him.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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“Gestured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestured. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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