"gesture" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Now and again she waved the torch, but it was a purely mechanical gesture, while her other hand clutched the cold hand of the boy beside her.
- With a mechanical gesture he took out his watch.
- Uniformed guards grabbed the rangy man by the arms and in a smooth, mechanical gesture, swung him over the catwalk.
- Suddenly, with a stiff mechanical gesture, the figure's arm moved.
- Their dreadful music is the result of a purely mechanical gesture, and is only intended to keep them on the right side of the law.
- The actual sound seemed removed in time from the mechanical gesture: "How are you?"
- Sweeping movements across the space gave way to mechanical gestures for women who appeared to be plastered against the back wall.
- Her hands made a clumsy, mechanical gesture towards tidying the hair, while the eyes searched my face.
- He was making mechanical gestures with his hands, sweeping them forward and outward.
- - Like the mechanical gestures of the marionette wiping the tears, which nevertheless wields the power of mystery.
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