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How do you use Gesturing in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Gesturing in a sentence

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Gesturing | Gestures | Gestured

Gesturing meaning

present participle and gerund of gesture

Using Gesturing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of gesture
  • In the example corpus, gesturing often appears in combinations such as: gesturing to, and gesturing, gesturing with.

Context around Gesturing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

seen 2× veteran 1× president 1× friendly 1× workman 1× defender 1× says 1×

Often after:

toward 2× towards 1× angrily 1× vaguely 1×

Sentence patterns with Gesturing

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a workman gesturing during demolition 1× asked while gesturing with her 1× be seen gesturing and shouting 1× be seen gesturing at people 1× eyeballing me gesturing me not 1× form of gesturing or other 1× guy was gesturing and swearing 1× he says gesturing to the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few of 1× a workman gesturing 1× across the way 1× give your friend 1× he forcefully denounced 1× i passed a 1×

Common sentence endings:

and construction work 1× and skilled rangers 1× at the chart 1× by snoop dogg 1× choice of mask 1× for nine days 1×

Words around Gesturing

Just before it in the word index:

gestures 550 gestured 38 gesture 1.054 gestural 14 gestuno 6 gestis 2

Just after it in the word index:

gesua 2 gesualdo 2 gesundheit 4 gesundheitswesen 2 gesy 9 get 79.231

Similar in corpus frequency:

aayog 54 aghast 54 agitate 54 alfalfa 54 ampere 54 amply 54

Corpus analysis for Gesturing

  • In this selection, "gesturing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, seen, veteran, president, toward, towards and angrily stand out and add context to how "gesturing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a workman gesturing during demolition and asked while gesturing with her. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gesturing" sits close to words such as aayog, aghast and agitate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gesturing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Mitchell asked while gesturing with her hands. (7 words)

A workman gesturing during demolition and construction work. (8 words)

Yvonne said, gesturing around at the low-slung desert hills. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

I passed a hair salon where a young guy was gesturing and swearing in Italian at a hairdresser who had her hands on her ample hips, and was staring him down with an “I dare you” kind of expression. (39 words)

What you probably didn’t see was video footage from other angles showing the president gesturing toward onlookers behind him — precisely the context you’d leave out if you just wanted to make him look daft. (36 words)

He forcefully denounced racism and white supremacy, calling it a "dumb" and "pathetic ideology" — and gesturing to his fiancée, who is a woman of color,he noted that he will have biracial children. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

As well as these Five Precepts, students have to maintain Noble Silence throughout the course, meaning no talking or any form of gesturing or other communication for nine days.

Mitchell asked while gesturing with her hands.

Of course you have,” she said, gesturing towards the movie star.

They were all gesturing and pointing and trying to give Schenn directions on how to deny the swift and skilled Rangers.

To get people to listen to you, ensure that your hands are in the influence zone and you’re gesturing.

Wade was left incredulous - and incensed - when no wide was called by the square leg umpire, with the veteran gesturing angrily at the non-call.

What you probably didn’t see was video footage from other angles showing the president gesturing toward onlookers behind him — precisely the context you’d leave out if you just wanted to make him look daft.

Yvonne said, gesturing around at the low-slung desert hills.

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Later in the video, Epstein arrives at Trump’s Florida estate, and the two men are seen talking and gesturing at the women on the dance floor.

She could be heard saying: 'Of course, it's my pleasure,' before gesturing that they should have some photos taken together, stepping back into the limelight.

They may have been equally put off by Sinn Féin’s friendly gesturing toward “the establishment” – which they detest – in anticipation of assuming power.

A workman gesturing during demolition and construction work.

But he has issued an apology after goalkeeper posted a snap which showed the defender gesturing to the camera - which has since been deleted.

Give your friend the ability to explain to their roommate why it’s impossible for them to be expected to pay utilities on time by gesturing vaguely at The Chart.

He forcefully denounced racism and white supremacy, calling it a "dumb" and "pathetic ideology" — and gesturing to his fiancée, who is a woman of color,he noted that he will have biracial children.

I passed a hair salon where a young guy was gesturing and swearing in Italian at a hairdresser who had her hands on her ample hips, and was staring him down with an “I dare you” kind of expression.

I will imagine my sons standing in front of me and eyeballing me, gesturing me not to cry — it will be hard.

The duo could then be seen gesturing at people off-screen that spoke against their choice of mask.

Across the way, he says, gesturing to the outside world, is a recording studio run by Snoop Dogg.

A few of the male migrants could be seen gesturing and shouting angrily, while crew members tried to calm tempers.

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Common combinations with gesturing

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gesturing" in a sentence?
An example: "As well as these Five Precepts, students have to maintain Noble Silence throughout the course, meaning no talking or any form of gesturing or other communication for nine days." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "gesturing" from authentic English texts.
What does "gesturing" mean?
Gesturing means: present participle and gerund of gesture
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