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
Chwalińska could not prevent Sawangkaew from leveling the set, and gestured towards her discomfort on multiple occasions.
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Leon Imber,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Her closing argument gestured broadly toward supporting public education, tenants, and quality of life, without specifics that voters could hold onto.
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Bradley Honan,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
The company gestured toward the need for global coordination but offered no concrete plan.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
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.
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Amna Subhan,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
Girls Trip is a deeper exploration of ideas the proper album had only gestured to.
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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.
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Jack Hamilton,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
Some gestured, comically, at their excitement at helping to reform Saudi society.
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Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
Her closing argument gestured broadly toward supporting public education, tenants, and quality of life, without specifics that voters could hold onto.
—
Bradley Honan,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
The company gestured toward the need for global coordination but offered no concrete plan.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
Gray shook his head in mock frustration and gestured at his phone as the call went to Johansson’s voicemail.
—
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestured
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The regular working-class crew heading home for the day filed onto her bus when a supervisor popped by the front door and motioned to two teen girls.
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The attributes and their sustainability motioned toward a dynasty.
Verb
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Lo Cleso finishes after having an earlier goal waved off for offside.
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Roars erupted through the stands as Beckham waved to the crowd.
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“Gestured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestured. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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