Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: waving
IPA transcription: [w'eɪvɪŋ]
Pronunciations of waving
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wave, waving, wafture
    Meaning: the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
Usage examples
  • The Old Man stood waving his pipe in the doorway.
  • The stars twinkled through the softly waving boughs.
  • The Bird Woman stared across the gently waving swale.
  • By waving assorted papers I managed to get around to the door of the press gallery.
  • "I can think of better company if you're going to keep that rifle waving around in the air.
  • "They're all Pepperses," said Percy, waving his hand, and doing the business up at one stroke.
  • "Here, Lydia, open the door and let him out," cried Mrs. Jenkins, waving her hand imperatively towards it.
  • "Is it?" asked Percy, looking with more respect at the piece of cloth Polly was waving alluringly before him.
  • Pretty silken sea weeds grew around my home and reached their waving branches up, up towards the top of the water.
  • Hardly had Miss Terry time to conceal herself behind the curtain when she saw a figure approaching, airily waving a stick.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Beatles, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording LDS Conference Center, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy, License CC BY-SA 4.0