"There he is!" you exclaim, and begin waving wildly. From Wordnik.com. [Try Anything Twice] Reference
The magazine he was waving is the excellent Liberator. From Wordnik.com. [Latent Andrews in Liberator] Reference
So, IMO, flag waving is pretty tasteless in any instance. From Wordnik.com. [Amo, lloro, canto, sueño] Reference
It's great, we're across the hall within waving distance. From Wordnik.com. [A conversation with novelist Caroline Leavitt about Girls In Trouble] Reference
"Good-bye, Herr Wunsch, good-bye!" she called waving to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Song of the Lark] Reference
In a moment two handkerchiefs were waving from the cab-windows. From Wordnik.com. [Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls] Reference
Have you seen that picture of Palin waving to the crowds in Maine?. From Wordnik.com. [Dirty sexy politicians] Reference
Apparently that and some airy hand waving is enough of an explanation. From Wordnik.com. [Again, there is absolutely no teleology involved] Reference
No amount of hand waving is going to change that now definitive result. From Wordnik.com. [Augustine Commission To Meet Today - NASA Watch] Reference
This particular Nazca line is of an astronaut waving from the mountain. From Wordnik.com. [Five More Amazing Things To See From Google Earth | myFiveBest] Reference
James will not be waving from a hydrogen vehicle any time soon (if ever). From Wordnik.com. [TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: Cadillac Provoq | Inhabitat] Reference
They are joining the security lobby in waving shrouds and bleeding stumps. From Wordnik.com. [Cutting from the rich and clobbering the middle, Cameron looks like a lefty] Reference
He could see sailors laughing and gesticulating, and waving from the rail. From Wordnik.com. [Spice and the Devil's Cave] Reference
Sometimes less arm waving is better than more arm waving in achieving a goal. From Wordnik.com. [NASA's Jim Hansen Engages In Personal Foreign Policy - NASA Watch] Reference
They get out of the limo and begin waving to the crowd of people and the media. From Wordnik.com. [Wanted: A Plot for 24 Season Seven | the TV addict] Reference
"Ne bella! si fai un onore a passare di qua," he called waving his hand and smiling. From Wordnik.com. [Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories] Reference
I'll come and see you to-morrow, if I may, when all this fuss and flag-waving is over. From Wordnik.com. [The Shagganappi] Reference
"You are the best!" they shouted in English, waving basketballs, T-shirts and notebooks. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
The sun will bear down and the motor will roar, Landlubbers will be waving from the shore. From Wordnik.com. [Florida Keys Swordfish Limerick Contest] Reference
First waves bye-bye: As of her first birthday, she is not much interested in waving bye-bye. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel] Reference
I am introduced to my shiny, gunmetal grey lobster, pincers waving from a rough-hewn wooden dish. From Wordnik.com. [Best UK Restaurant 2010: The Kitchin, Edinburgh] Reference
Flag-waving is but a quadrennial affair, when the German soccer team marches off to the World Cup. From Wordnik.com. [Those Reassuringly Dull Germans] Reference
I have a new desktop picture - Emin waving Azerbaijani flag in front of the UN building in New York. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices in English » Azerbaijan: Citizen media in defense of detained activists, bloggers] Reference
With Clinton's finger on the MAD button, Obama will be much more careful in waving the bloody shirt of race. From Wordnik.com. [What Obama Should Say - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com] Reference
If you squint and look up, you can almost see Hester Prynne waving from the dormer windows over the Perfumania shop. From Wordnik.com. [High Price for a Bargain] Reference
Sword waving, Squill led the charge into the library ... and slowed. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
Her secretary would recall waving to the preacher as she entered the water. From Wordnik.com. [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference
"My life is as sweet to me as his was to him," said Joe, standing with his sword waving in the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of James Roberts, a Soldier Under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War, and Under Gen. Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812: "a Battle Which Cost Me a Limb, Some Blood, and Almost My Life." viii, 9-32 p.] Reference
But apparently the waving is hilarious to watch. From Wordnik.com. [[INTERVIEW] The Saturday Seven with Author Ilona Andrews « Urban Fantasy Land] Reference
What do you call waving the banners of the haters. From Wordnik.com. [LIVE Blog: House Dems report increased threats] Reference
JERAS: He was like kind of waving as he was going down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2004] Reference
KURTZ: You're saying he has a way of kind of waving it away?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2008] Reference
A pistol fired at us, or a cannon, or a sword waving over our heads, or — or anything. From Wordnik.com. [To Repel Boarders] Reference
He's even adopted some of Mandela's trademarks, such as waving with both fists when pleased. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
According to Peter, the "waving" exclamation point was a happy accident. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Simonson Studio / Notebook] Reference
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