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Meanings of impatient gesture in English

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Usage of impatient gesture in English
1
Mrs. Denham made an impatient gesture and subsided into the chair again.
The Queen of Sheba, and My Cousin the Colonel
2
Piers swung round with an impatient gesture and went to the window.
The Bars of Iron
3
Mr. Mackenzie rose with an impatient gesture and walked to the window.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
4
He stopped talking because the colonel's shadow had made an impatient gesture.
Who killed palomino molero?
5
Sherlock Holmes struck his hand against his knee with an impatient gesture.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
6
The painter had turned to his picture again with an impatient gesture.
His Masterpiece
7
But with an impatient gesture Barroux brushed aside all question of etiquette.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 3
8
Albemarle made an impatient gesture, and took up a sheet of paper.
Mistress Wilding
9
He made an impatient gesture as if any such action were unthinkable.
Bought and Paid For; From the Play of George Broadhurst
10
She stood up and made a quick, impatient gesture with her hands.
Van Bibber and Others
11
He made an impatient gesture-impatiencewith his credulity where she was concerned.
The Grain of Dust: A Novel
12
He flung away with an impatient gesture, then came back to me.
Sight Unseen
13
As she spoke she retied his cravat with a pretty, impatient gesture.
Fromont and Risler — Volume 1
14
A sigh, an impatient gesture, and she went on with her task.
The Emancipated
15
With an impatient gesture she passed her hand over the water once more.
She
16
Amos waved one thick arm in an impatient gesture without stopping his work.
Caliban's War
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Impatient gesture through the time
Impatient gesture across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common