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Recent Examples of gestural
To test the fully gestural navigation, enable them in system settings.
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Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2019
The vast majority of gestural interactions (83 percent) involved a two-part exchange of gesture for gesture.
—Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
The show credits a movement director (Didi Hopkins), but even so, there’s something a shade too automatic, too clumsily literal in Izzard’s gestural vocabulary.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
Moon’s confident performance — smoky voice, headstrong attitude, gestural dance moves — has caught the attention of critics.
—Michael Paulson, New York Times, 8 May 2024
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Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2019
The vast majority of gestural interactions (83 percent) involved a two-part exchange of gesture for gesture.
—Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
The show credits a movement director (Didi Hopkins), but even so, there’s something a shade too automatic, too clumsily literal in Izzard’s gestural vocabulary.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
Moon’s confident performance — smoky voice, headstrong attitude, gestural dance moves — has caught the attention of critics.
—Michael Paulson, New York Times, 8 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestural
Adjective
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While Wallace and Gromit boast fluid and highly expressive movement, Norbot was quite the opposite.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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An additional compilation of designers that was expressive and fitting for the ultra-busy week was the Black In Fashion Council showroom–this special organization created by Lindsay Peoples and Sandrine Charles has been highlighting brands for a decade.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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As actual Helly, Lower’s face is mobile, engaged, and searching.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Among other business: The council approved having two police officers travel to Wisconsin to be trained on mobile forensics.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Denver’s movable contracts were limited, in part because of multiple unsuccessful attempts to secure the very frontcourt depth Booth is determined to obtain.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2025
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All three players are movable, so one or more could end up somewhere besides Chicago before the trade window closes Thursday.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For me, the deepest resonance has to do with appreciating whales and dolphins as sentient beings, as creatures that share the planet with us, and that’s still a very moving idea.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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But Matlin is the most moving and exciting star on offer, and while she’s always been outspoken about her life and career — see: closed caption crusade, her involvement with the Deaf President Now!—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, the reduction in hormones and testes size only decreased the cichlids’ amount of motile sperm.—
Joseph Castro,
Discover Magazine,
19 July 2011
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Moreover, having normal semen volumes, sperm motility, sperm concentration, and total motile sperm counts are not guarantees of fertility.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
21 June 2021
Adjective
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The oldest of the bonobos, a male named Kanzi, was particularly demonstrative in his gestures to get Townrow to wise up.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2025
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On ‘90s night, her wife (and now manager) Catherine was in full demonstrative flair as one of the wanna-be Spice Girls, alongside some of her visiting friends from Britain.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Gestural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestural. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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