gestures

• Looking for clues about whether the gestures were always in a multimodal context, it turns out there is a significant difference between bonobos and chimps in this regard: No significant difference was found in the proportion of signals that was gestural versus facial/vocal, but chimpanzees didcombine these two signal classes relatively more often than did bonobos.
• Iain's anger darkened his expression and his gestures were animated as he related what had happened to his son, but Ramsey didn't show any reaction to the startling news. —  Garwood, Julie - Ransom
• Monk watched these, reading them--for the gestures were those of the accepted one-hand deaf-and-dumb sign language, and the homely chemist was being directed to trace the call. —  027 - The Secret In The Sky
• Marchenoir bullied his followers; he preached, he shouted, he thumped tables into the night, he led, he harangued, he wept false tears to rouse the mob, his gestures were as expansive as his oratory. —  Title here
• The dark-haired woman appeared to be just as nervous as Mary Rose was, for her hands shook and her gestures were awkward as she tried to make herself understood. —  Garwood, Julie - Rose 1 - For the Roses

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