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Meanings of waving in English

The act of signaling by a movement of the hand.

Flying.

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Examples for "flying"
1
The threats are flying thick and fast in the South China Sea.
News.com.au
2
However, my military flying hours do still count towards my overall experience.
The South African
3
Yet it is something I don't believe I can ever change: flying.
The Guardian
4
Earlier, Turkish Dogan news agency said it was flying a Bermudan flag.
Reuters
5
Good, now imagine that we're two great birds flying over the forest.
The Bone Doll's Twin
1
He wasn't too good on his feet today-withhis gout flaring up.
The next to die
2
The lamps in the High Street suddenly flaring beat out the sky.
The Cathedral: A Novel
3
The mere mention of her socialist deadbeat friends sent Gould's temper flaring.
Consent to kill: a thriller
4
Bowls corresponding to the above in general characters, but having flaring rims.
Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made Durin...
5
Her flaring collar of lace and the stomacher were worked in pearls.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec
1
His own emblem, quivering and aflare, was winging toward the other.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
2
Now the fire was low enough, but the room seemed aflare with myrtle tapers.
Audrey
3
Drums beating, trumpets blowing, torches aflare, the English freebooter marched straight to the market.
Vikings of the Pacific / The Adventures of the Explorers who Cam...
4
Above all, Chilhowee Mountain, aflare with the scarlet glow of its autumnal woods, touched the blue sky.
The Frontiersmen
5
Morning dawned, aflare with light and color, as only a June morning in that semitropic wilderness could glow.
Darkness and Dawn
Usage of waving in English
1
You've already made that abundantly clear, said Morgan waving away Betsy's response.
House of Bathory
2
Europe is waving goodbye to the two-party politics that shaped its democracies.
The Irish Times
3
The security strategy involved keeping protesters apart from groups waving Chinese flags.
The Guardian
4
So the Natural History Museum is waving goodbye to 'Dippy' the Diplodocus.
The Guardian
5
Thank you for your help, Hoyt said, waving over a uniformed officer.
Roast mortem
6
Make yourself at home, Mrs. MacLeod said, waving me into the house.
The one-week job project: one man, one year, 52 jobs
7
The waving line holds in moral as well as in corporeal beauty.
The History of Emily Montague
8
So don't expect to start waving on digital fashion accessories right away.
Wired
9
We could see the battle-flags of the enemy waving in the breeze.
"Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment / Or, A Side ...
10
I am not entirely unprotected.' And she gestured, waving her hand forward.
Assail
11
The so-styled poet was waving his arms in the air and declaiming:
The Rover Boys at College; Or, The Right Road and the Wrong
12
The soldiers in the boats kept waving at them to come along.
The Descent
13
Cruise passengers could be seen on board waving to those on land.
Radio NZ
14
Not everyone is rushing into the breach waving the ebooks flag, however.
Wired
15
The corners were filled with them; the walls were waving with them.
Hetty's Strange History
16
Do go, she said quickly, frowning and waving her hand to him.
Android Karenina
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