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Handwaving in a sentence

Handwaving meaning

  1. Waving the hands.
  2. Pertaining to empty gesturing, with little substance behind it; vague; not supported by data.

Using Handwaving

  • The main meaning on this page is: Waving the hands. | Pertaining to empty gesturing, with little substance behind it; vague; not supported by data.

Context around Handwaving

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 15.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 1 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

suggesting 1×

Sentence patterns with Handwaving

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

handwavium suggesting handwaving is another 1× stop the handwaving 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

similar terms the 1×

Common sentence endings:

less commonly phlebotinum 1× stop the handwaving 1×

Words around Handwaving

Just before it in the word index:

handwashing 67 handwash 7 handwara 11 handtools 2 handsy 11 handsworth 16

Just after it in the word index:

handweavers 2 handwheel 2 handwork 9 handworks 2 handwoven 7 handwringers 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Handwaving

  • In this selection, "handwaving" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 15.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, suggesting stand out and add context to how "handwaving" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include handwavium suggesting handwaving is another and stop the handwaving. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "handwaving" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with handwaving

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

At what point do you stop the handwaving? (8 words)

Similar terms The term handwavium (suggesting handwaving ) is another term for this hypothetical material, as are buzzwordium, impossibrium, hardtofindium, and less commonly, phlebotinum. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Similar terms The term handwavium (suggesting handwaving ) is another term for this hypothetical material, as are buzzwordium, impossibrium, hardtofindium, and less commonly, phlebotinum. (23 words)

At what point do you stop the handwaving? (8 words)

Question examples

At what point do you stop the handwaving? (8 words)

Example sentences (2)

At what point do you stop the handwaving?

Similar terms The term handwavium (suggesting handwaving ) is another term for this hypothetical material, as are buzzwordium, impossibrium, hardtofindium, and less commonly, phlebotinum.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "handwaving" in a sentence?
An example: "At what point do you stop the handwaving?" This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "handwaving" from authentic English texts.
What does "handwaving" mean?
Handwaving means: Waving the hands.
How many example sentences with "handwaving" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "handwaving", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.