She smiled with a dismissive gesture.

[99bottles]

'Leave me out of this,' she smiled with a dismissive gesture.

Is that sentence correct? Or should I write it like this?

'Leave me out of this,' she smiled, making a dismissive gesture.

 

[Tarheel]

I prefer "making a dismissive gesture". Also, it doesn't seem to me that a smile goes with that statement.

 

[99bottles]

Also, it doesn't seem to me that a smile goes with that statement.

Why?

 

[Tarheel]

"Leave me out of this" is a command (or a demand). Why would a person smile when saying that?