Sentence examples for without any gestures from inspiring English sources

"Of course, 'It's right over there' is useless unless accompanied by a finger point or a head gesture," the author writes, "but sometimes I use it without any gestures at all, which is beautifully confounding for foreigners.

"Of course, 'It's right over there' is useless unless accompanied by a finger point or a head gesture," the author writes, "but sometimes I use it without any gestures at all, which is beautifully confounding for foreigners..

Subsequent studies could employ a comparison group hearing the instructions without any gestures to reveal if language alone shapes learning.

In so doing, Obama showed his supreme confidence in his ability to explain and sell his progressivism to voters without making any gestures to the center by picking, say, a moderate like Tim Kaine of Virginia.

Matches were considered to be 'correct' when utterances were associated with the correct gestures, and utterances without any accompanying gestures were considered 'correct' when no gestures were associated with them.

He rivets your attention without any big gestures or look-at-me grandstanding — and without merely delivering a Jimmy Stewart impression.

The anniversary came and went without any grand romantic gestures, or even a lesser romantic motion like the standard dinner-and-a-movie routine.

What's more, we can imagine an utterance like (12) being made without any accompanying ostensive gestures, and even succeeding in communicating a distinct content in such situations.

Participants made less than 0.1% errors (showing for example the eraser instead of the lighter) in their gestures, without any difference between conditions.

It was almost faultless execution, if a bit monochrome, as they shifted textures through subtle gradations, without grand gestures.

Yet there are many times when it is best to let the music work its magic without physical gestures to enhance the singing.