gestural

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Recent Examples of gestural Each month of the calendar unveils one of Robertson's bespoke works, featuring loose brushwork and collage-like compositions that transform into gestural human figures. Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 Muti lavishes attention and consideration on gestural details like few others, and his uncompromising specificity made for riveting listening. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2024 Lavish layering of fluid, gestural brushstrokes executed in a variegated array of inimitable colors immediately captured and captivated my gaze. Natasha Gural, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 To test the fully gestural navigation, enable them in system settings. Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for gestural
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gestural
Adjective
  • The dial is where things turn slightly more expressive.
    Steven Rogers, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2025
  • With Mercury stationing direct in Pisces — igniting your expressive fifth house of love, creativity and passion — everything from your hobbies to your romantic longings is getting back on track.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Sharks are highly mobile, elusive, and often difficult to study over long timescales.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Lee sustained the injury March 20 but, unlike Lewis, had been more mobile earlier in the recovery phase and is ahead of his teammate to potentially return to the field.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Addressed an issue where players could pass through movable objects while sprinting inside kofuns.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The space was designed with as much purpose and detail as the cars themselves, holding access to the Aston Martin world behind its movable walls and intimate spaces that feel more like a couture boutique than an automotive design studio.
    Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Pic delves into the relevant issue of prejudice, but in a funny and moving manner.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Filming this way adds time and complication: There are so many more moving parts, and for each new take of a scene, every patient and special effect has to be reset, and the entire set has to be cleaned and reorganized.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Semen quality was determined by measuring semen volume, sperm shape and concentration, and the proportion of sperm that were motile (capable of moving or swimming properly).
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Instead, the reduction in hormones and testes size only decreased the cichlids’ amount of motile sperm.
    Joseph Castro, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2011
Adjective
  • Charles has been demonstrative in his support for Ukraine defending itself against Russian aggression, issuing statements and making regular visits to relief organizations that help refugees from the war, as the New York Times pointed out.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In this regard, Wuthering Heights was perhaps her most demonstrative showcase.
    Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2025

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“Gestural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gestural. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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