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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of gesture.

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Examples

  • The woman called his name and gestured him forward.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • The woman called his name and gestured him forward.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • The woman called his name and gestured him forward.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • He held up his paralyzed left hand and gestured, meaninglessly, with the atrophied knuckle of his point finger.

    Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned Walter Mosley 1998

  • 'Well, you know ¦' he gestured, meaning, I'm a hero.

    The Night Crew Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23- 1997

  • The court was told the woman was shot with a crossbow before Griffiths "gestured" by holding a finger up to the CCTV camera.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Abrahem also "gestured" to nurses and doctors that they would be beheaded. "

    Latest Articles 2010

  • Obama has gestured right by appointing centrists to top positions and embracing a pro-business rhetoric decrying regulatory excess, but also appeased the Democratic base by wisely rejecting calls to put Social Security on the chopping block.

    Robert Kuttner: Fatal Triangles Robert Kuttner 2011

  • Obama has gestured right by appointing centrists to top positions and embracing a pro-business rhetoric decrying regulatory excess, but also appeased the Democratic base by wisely rejecting calls to put Social Security on the chopping block.

    Robert Kuttner: Fatal Triangles Robert Kuttner 2011

  • Obama has gestured right by appointing centrists to top positions and embracing a pro-business rhetoric decrying regulatory excess, but also appeased the Democratic base by wisely rejecting calls to put Social Security on the chopping block.

    Robert Kuttner: Fatal Triangles Robert Kuttner 2011

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