How to Use gesticulate in a Sentence

gesticulate

verb
Definition of gesticulatenext
Synonyms for gesticulatenext
  • Perhaps that was enough for some of the hardcores who danced and gesticulated in their seats throughout the show.
    — cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • And, indeed, Carolyn went on to yelp, eye-roll, and gesticulate her way through the game in a delightful way.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 May 2023
  • Macron worked hard to keep his cool as Le Pen smirked, gesticulated and provoked.
    — Alan Crawford, Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2017
  • Madden could bark at players and gesticulate and yell on the sidelines.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2021
  • There was Green, gesticulating at his teammates on the bench.
    — Michael Powell, New York Times, 29 May 2018
  • The man who can gesticulate as wildly on the sidelines as a broken windmill in a storm sought first to energize the supporters.
    — Aimee Lewis, CNN, 25 June 2020
  • For two minutes, gesticulating to the crowd and to his heart, Mr. Khan recited Bengali verse.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • One family nearby looked over at the boys, who were gesticulating with such force that water splashed around them.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Djokovic would look at his guest box, gesticulating or shouting.
    — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2020
  • The gesticulating Italian is a stubborn stereotype, but some drew the boundary even farther north.
    — Timothy Farrington, WSJ, 10 July 2023
  • Balotelli was booked for gesticulating angrily at the crowd in the game on Saturday.
    — Afp, chicagotribune.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • That pet-sized fly that Jean-Gab teaches to gesticulate is a gruesome reminder of some of our most repulsive public activists.
    — Armond White, National Review, 23 July 2021
  • Down on the plush leather seats of the substitutes bench, the birthday boy watches his teammates celebrate and gesticulate to their loyal followers up in the heavens.
    — SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • One church staffer was flushed and gesticulating wildly.
    — Nicole, Teen Vogue, 4 Oct. 2019
  • After the ejection, Hyde extended the argument — throwing his cap to the ground and gesticulating while screaming at the umpires.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Both actors are committed to the bit, gesticulating wildly and passionately, but the specifics of their performances clash with the movie’s premise.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Above her, the rest of the art-world figures—all, as Bloemink shows, caricatural portraits of real people—gesticulate and grimace.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Trump, sitting at the defense table, scoffed, gesticulated and spoke audibly to his lawyer.
    — Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 18 Jan. 2024
  • How the players managed to finesse the score’s fast-flying, hairpin turns with a conductor who used not a baton but just his gesticulating hands was something of a mystery.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Santander celebrated the home run justly, standing near home plate to admire the blast, flipping his bat and and gesticulating towards the Orioles’ dugout.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
  • Ibrahimovic has never been shy about showing his emotions — which seem to be getting more and more frayed on the field, with the team captain frequently gesticulating angrily when teammates fail to get him the ball.
    — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 2 July 2019
  • In video of the encounter, a student is seen approaching an educator and gesticulating angrily before teeing off on the man with a right hook.
    — Dan Carson, Chron, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Fried, the defendant’s mother, was gesticulating, and clearly had a strong opinion about something.
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The comedy is forced, the drama nonexistent and the actors melt into a yapping clan that seems to go everywhere en masse — a gesticulating blob of upraised shoulders and upturned palms.
    — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2016
  • An irate Vettel then accelerated alongside Hamilton, gesticulated and moved his car to the right and into him.
    — Jerome Pugmire, The Seattle Times, 25 June 2017
  • Video footage shows a brief conversation between the duo, hands gesticulating, brows furrowed.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Pep Guardiola was animated throughout the game, gesticulating in all directions as his side were carved open at the back on far too many occasions.
    — SI.com, 27 July 2019
  • The at-times demonstrative Australian jawed with match officials and, at one point in the first set, appeared to gesticulate angrily toward his coaches sitting courtside.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 20 Aug. 2017
  • Motor or beat gestures can only occur in tandem with speech—think gesticulating to emphasize a point.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 19 June 2024
  • The three-time major champion and current No. 1 player is known for muttering to himself and gesticulating, often while looking at coach Ivan Lendl and other members of his team.
    — Ap, USA TODAY, 3 June 2017

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