Hand Movements
Hand Movements
See Also: HANDSHAKE
- Brushed at his forehead, like an insect had landed there —Donald McCaig
- Clapped her hands like someone shooing pigeons —Sharon Sheehe Stark
- Clapping as loudly as if their hands were wooden slats —Louis Auchincloss
- Clapping her hands like cymbals —Ann Beattie
- Clasped her hands behind her back like a child embarrassed at a social function, or stuck in the middle of a recitation —Peter De Vries
- Cradled his hand in his lap, like it was a ruined bird —Donald McCaig
- Flapped his hand like a flag —Mary Hedin
- Flashing the palms of both hands like two headlights —Ludwig Bemelmans
- Folding both hands in her lap like a reprimanded schoolgirl —Ed McBain
- (He flagged the car with … ) gestures like hoops —Eudora Welty
- A hand, like a leaf, fell on his shoulder —Katherine Mansfield
- Hands clasped like the hands of an old man round a stick —Sylvia Townsend Warner
- Hands flapping like misshapen white moths —Joan Hess
- Hands flew off the steering wheel like a pair of startled birds —Ed McBain
- Hands fluttered like the fins of angel-fish —Frank Swinnerton
- (Her delicate) hands … flutter like birds —Phyllis McGinley
- Hands gesticulating —flying through the air like two brown sparrows —Jonathan Kellerman
- Hands jerked as if they were on wires —Dorothy Parker
- Hands lifting out as if to smooth, like a sheet on a bed —John Updike
- Hands rose and floated in the air, graceful and helpless as doves —Marge Piercy
- Hands spread wide as calipers —Diane Ackerman
- Hands were outspread as though he were leading an orchestra into a profound and final diminuendo —Ralph Ellison
A plain and simple variation: “Raised his hand like an orchestra conductor.”
- Hasty, jerky gestures like a comedian in a silent movie —George Garrett
- Held up her hand like a schoolgirl asking for permission to leave the room —Harvey Swados
- Held up his hand like a traffic cop signaling stop —Ross Thomas
- Kept rattling the ice in her glass, rattling her beads, rattling her bracelet like an impatient pony jingling its harness —Flannery O’Connor
- Long thin hand … floated like a scarf through the air —Marge Piercy
- Nervous, tentative gesture, like someone making up his mind to stroke a dog that has the reputation of biting —Francis King
- Opening and closing his fingers like a neon sign flickering at night —Ariel Dorfman
- Passed her hand over her eyes as if to dispell a cloud —Robert Graves
- Rearranges her hair like a horse shaking away a fly —W. P. Kinsella
- Rubbing his hands together as if working tobacco for a pipe —Patrick White
- Spread his hands in front of him, palms up, as if he intended to read in their lines the past as well as the future —Margaret Millar
- Using his hands like a sculptor to shape the words he throws out —George Garrett
- Wave as regal as Henry the Eighth’s —Mary Hedin