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How to use gesture in a sentence

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Oddly enough, the same gesture is also used to denote bank managers, estate agents, lawyers, and football team managers.
But the slightly futile gesture of outwitting corporate no-marks is more than offset by the final scene.
Buffy stood up and walked toward Spike, and I could see how effortlessly her every gesture spoke volumes to him.
The gesture of raising the eyebrows in conversation expresses one's understanding of the speaker's speech and is an invitation to continue.
I grabbed my hands behind my back, a gesture that I made every time I was put on the spot or in trouble.
His right arm flung out in the gesture with which one would toss a coin into a wishing well, and there appeared in that hand a butterfly knife.
But a senior U.S. defense official calls the peace plan a face-saving gesture for everybody.
His unobtrusive camerawork emphasizes the actor's complex use of physical gesture to bring the character into being.
In a feeble gesture toward appeasing cardiologists everywhere, I sopped some of the fat off the top with more paper towels.
She closed the folder and licked her carmine lips in a rare gesture of apprehension.
Schythes were swung, sheaves were tied and built into stooks in an overflowing gesture of co-operation and goodwill.
It was a heart-warming Christmas gesture made by Hampshire parishioners to poverty stricken young children.
The producers are struggling to keep the show afloat, in a gesture that is either extraordinarily brave or catastrophically deluded.
In my opinion, to conclude that the gesture represents some kind of favouritism for Rangers is stretching it.
That simple gesture undercuts all the caveats, qualifications and circumlocutions.
And as a gesture of goodwill, here's a photo of her pointing at my leg for no apparent reason.
To deprive your country of a batsman of epic strong-mindedness for the sake of a big gesture would not be appropriate to Hussain's career.
In an unusual gesture of papal appreciation, the title was made hereditary.
Eric was struggling to break free, each gesture binding him tighter and tighter, squeezing his ribs and his frail arm.
Far from being a gesture of national confidence, our arts policy is hesitant and uncertain.
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He outstretched his arm as a gesture of invitation for her to accept his offer.
The knocking gesture was exaggerated, like an overenthusiastic mime in slow motion.
Taking offence, making a show of it, is a peculiarly self-theatrical, melodramatic, histrionic gesture in the annals of criticism.
The employee then said he made a gesture with his arm which he took to be the Hitler salute.
He unfolded the step-ladder, silently with a supercilious gesture of his hand declined my request to help him, and climbed right up to the roof.
Her sole thespian gesture is to toss her pageboy hairdo and look flustered, not much to base a performance on.
He held both my hands in a supplicatory gesture and with tears in his eyes responded that he would never forget my saying such a kind word!
This noble, chivalrous gesture must have seemed like sacrilege or blasphemy to them, and they were probably afraid of the spirits of the dead.
She slapped the insect against her side mightily, with a gesture like a very fat man swarthily admiring his own girth.
With just a look or a gesture that spoke so much more than words, she would reveal to all of us the depth of her compassion and her humanity.
Their proposal for a nuclear-free zone is a largely symbolic but very significant gesture in the face of terrorist violence.
Some questioned the political gain of such self-sacrifice, or of trying to take down a heavily guarded fence in a gesture of dubious symbolism.
That gesture contained plenty of fuel for those who want to hate the United States, and also enough spark to ignite new hatreds, no doubt.
A man who controls 100 people with a single imperious gesture is visibly demonstrating what power really means.
It was a kind gesture but one that would be unlikely today because it might imply culpability and lead to litigation.
Whether we come across with little or much, the mere gesture can be a spiritually lightening experience.
This unexpected gesture appears to have motivated him to make his comeback attempt most serious.
His sweaty hand grabs my shoulder in a fatherly gesture as he comes to sit down on the bar stool beside me.
I held her hand and comforted her, an inadequate gesture for an elderly person about to live on the street in a tent.
The gesture was intended to show his friends and enemies the young man's ineffable beauty.
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He has wounded him in the small of the back, as the gesture of the beast indicates, and running up behind him, wheels about to fetch a blow.
Images of the human hand have been a primary source of visual inspiration for photographers in the expression of gesture and conceptual art.
It would be a gesture of embargo, a concession to the politics of ostracism.
Pro-democracy legislators have been invited to the event in a move seen as a conciliatory gesture from Beijing.
This conciliatory gesture brought Sun some help from Russia who sent Michael Borodin to Canton.
Yet, the gesture was filling him with an emotion totally different from the previous night, overpowering the anger and annoyance.
In a gesture of support, the US has said it is in favour of Uruguay being bailed out of its financial crisis.
He presses his undamaged left hand with bent fingers and out-stretched thumb onto his chest in a gesture of adoration and self-dedication.
We're not consciously aware of doing it, but it's a gesture that is duplicated by every culture on Earth.
They reciprocated the gesture by withdrawing from the consultative mechanisms, thereby aggravating already rancorous relations.
Its noble gesture resides in taking on board the issue of reconciling a modern, consumerist world with an ancient one.
In retrospect, the decision seems to have been a gratuitous gesture in the direction of relevance and contemporaneity.
Bobby stepped forward, completely invading Paul's personal space in a gesture that was deliberately challenging.
The evidence points to a political gesture in which doctrine is only a pretext.
Violence by contrast represented an irrevocable gesture and was transformative.
The gesture was playful enough to be part of the throw-away flirtation that was Jerry's stock and trade.
He portioned the poem out to a troupe of seven dancers, one word at a time, accompanied by a signature gesture which grew into movement phrases.
Whatever his technique, the effect was to create suave and radiant flushes of colour, with no sense of brush gesture or hint of figuration.
But she was not too upset, for she knew it was a gesture of fondness and respect for Hector Quintero.
To this point, every hockey game has made the backhand gesture a little too forced and grandiose.
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As a general rule, this money doesn't help the poor, and forgiving the debt is not a gesture of kindness to the neediest people in the world.
In a typical gesture of sibling acceptance, Hoss leaned over and forked Adam's untouched ham onto his own plate.
She was always helping those less fortunate than herself so her family thought their gesture was appropriate.
Treeswifts can also raise the crest of feathers on their head, a gesture assumed to be a form of communication.
The rhetorical construction of the subject is the foundational gesture of lyrical utterance.
A guest at a ball, in conversation, repeats the pointing gesture of the cupid in the painting behind her.
I gesture outside the door, then gaze up at the blue-grey fuzz of images on the bank of security monitors in front of Don.
Is it cynical to believe that it was a political gesture and that the minister wanted the credit for driving down the oil price?
All dated 2003, these new works express her understanding of the importance of gesture in abstraction.
He does, however, occasionally smirk, though he seems to be morphing that mannerism into a daffy eye-rolling gesture reminiscent of Jack Benny.
One gesture from him, and the women in fur silently opened a bag filled with jewels and precious stones.
We use Vizard Virtual Reality Software and datagloves to interact with the NPCs, developing a gesture and speech based interface.
I still think it was a lovely gesture on the part of my folks to give it to me, and it's still one of the best birthday prezzies ever.
As a final gesture of revenge, Beowulf finds Grendel's body and decapitates him.
It was such an intimate and caring gesture that it made me decidedly uncomfortable.
He closed his blue eyes and spread his hands out in a gesture of surrender.
Her transformation from spectator to spectacle is signified repetitively by the gesture of removing her glasses.
As they approached the lower window, Tracy made a gesture to Erin to move to the side away from the window.
Glaring after the departing man, Cael flicked a rude gesture in his direction.
Will sighed and turned around slowly, holding his hands up in a gesture of surrender.
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I just received the October issue and appreciate your kind gesture in sending us extra copies.
Moreover, we appreciate the magnanimous gesture of the Minister of Sports for apologising in the larger interest of cricket.
Security Ministry officials called it a gesture of national reconciliation and said that more releases would follow.
He accepted the book and kissed it, using an Eastern gesture of respect toward the givers.
Their acceptance of Lydia is total and is signified by a gesture of affection from his mother.
Theirs is a harmless daydream, an ultimately mild gesture of defiance against conformity.
However, the seeming pointlessness of the gesture is the key to its ironic effect and the reason why it enjoys a kinship with Ferry's work.
A Department of Justice spokesperson rejected suggestions the move was a political gesture which would prove unrealistic when challenged.
Most of the time, it will merely be a gesture of principle, with no practical effect.
Above all a political gesture and propaganda exercise, the charter had less effect on American isolationists than hoped.
He said local roads in the area would have to be improved and upgraded as a gesture to the people who would be effected.
He leaned forward from the back seat so he could gesture emphatically in front of the gear shift.
She took it out and pointed it at him and curled it to gesture him to come towards her.
Their selfless gesture means that a two-year-old girl received a new heart and a baby of one got the liver he needed.
He walked towards her slowly, his arms extended at his sides in a gesture of defenselessness.
It was a last defiant gesture of a man awarded medals for serving his country in Malaya.
Both he and Sutherland said that some form of goodwill gesture needed to be made to the supporters.
What was once given as a gesture of goodwill has become a moral obligation.
Whatever the truth, this surely is a case where a gesture of goodwill would have been the appropriate course of action.
Hopes that as a gesture of goodwill the building would be given to the community was met with mild amusement.
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It would have been easy to implement, and yet a grand gesture of political goodwill.
Then they came back and offered a one per cent rise, which they told us was a gesture of goodwill.
Several firms have offered to give gift packs as well, as a gesture of goodwill.
He is a mild-mannered fellow, whose only sartorial gesture in this Tour has been a profusion of designer stubble.
The man nodded gravely, his economical gesture showing how important he considered the transaction.
It is a welcome gesture and we hope to utilise these funds most effectively.
Each character's tiniest word or gesture rang eerily true for me, and all of the performances were so effortlessly convincing.
Orion inclined his head slightly towards the old man, a gesture of greeting and respect.
The black figure stumbled backwards with a growl of anger, but he held his chest in a gesture that spoke of tremendous pain.
The rather empty gesture is clearly aimed at increasing public sympathy for the idea.
The artist prepares for her ordeal by systematically shaving off all the hair from her head and body, in a gesture of total divestment.
It was a gesture guaranteed to win public sympathy but, like dynamiting an opera house, it was strictly a negative act of cultural vandalism.
The creature cocked his entire head, another doggish gesture that was somewhat endearing.
As well as this kind gesture many other people have given cash donations to the strike fund.
While being introduced, your extended hand gesture is mimicked, and never returned.
There is little in the realms of fashion more exciting than making a dramatic gesture in the simplest manner.
The rhetorical quality of gesture and patterns of drapery are influenced by ancient sculpture.
It is patched up but it would be a generous gesture on your part to see her and atone for our collective sins.
At the time, while I was appreciative of that generous gesture I did not fully appreciate the magnitude of what had just happened.
He interpreted her generous gesture as a sign of affection and was certain the farm would soon be in his brother's hands.
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It was nevertheless a touching and generous gesture from one small boy to another and I have never forgotten it.
My eyes were watering too, but only because her lovely gesture had moved me to tears.
She looked up at him sadly, acknowledging his gesture with a half wag of her tail.
It's a great cause and I know from my own futile efforts to stay on the wagon, a great gesture from the alcohol loving Smith.
Her smile reflected the completeness of her happiness and ably communicated the effect of Robert's kind gesture.
The Church could become the Church, in his view, only if it, too, made the self-referential gesture of abnegation.
The policy of making only a perfunctory effort or symbolic gesture toward the accomplishment of a goal, such as racial integration.
In recent years the Scottish art world has become accustomed to the grand gesture.
She pretended she didn't understand the gesture, and cheerfully waved back.
His every step all day was taken to applause acknowledged with a thumbs-up gesture, a wave, a nod.
I asked whether it was a nice gesture of my host that he'd managed to collate the past decade's songs by way of a celebration.
This portrait visualized the sense of order and balance, by the organization of line, expression of the figure and his gesture.
He was slightly taken back by her action yet returned the gesture, content to have her small frame in his arms.
As a young woman I was a great fan of the caution-to-the-winds romantic gesture, mostly found in books and weepy melodramas.
Perhaps there is an elderly person in your area who may be lonely and would welcome a friendly gesture to join you on the trip.
He could see Kevin David out in the back garden, raking up the leaves, which was usually his parting gesture.
The girls tossed flowers and blew kisses as the ranks of military personnel passed by, a supportive gesture tinged with romanticism.
He saw us approach, and greeted us with a whinny and a gesture of his long tasselled tail.
To act as if it were not so is a futile gesture, like whistling in the wind.
It was a touching human gesture, a leader reaching out to those who are weakest.
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Every gesture, every stroke, every movement should be accepted by the system, with nuanced response.
And he even opened his arms wide in such a moving gesture, as though he were ready to abandon himself to his fate.
After a noble gesture by a donor he is now back for keratoplasty in the other eye.
The cupboard door kept swinging open only to be thumped closed by Ivan, who had incorporated this gesture into the rhythm of the dance.
He only wondered if the wink meant more than a friendly gesture amongst winning blackjack players.
Pretty rude, I think, so to clarify my intent I give a cheeky wink and nodding-back-a-pint gesture.
Will those who claim to represent the Hindu populace reciprocate the gesture?
Marcus reciprocated the farewell gesture by slightly nodding his head and slowly blinking his large, intelligent eyes.
This was a phenomenal break for the band and they reciprocated the gesture with an astounding and memorable performance.
Are buyers going to reveal their financial condition prior to the exchange as a gesture of reciprocity?
The very least they could do is knock a few pounds off our electricity bills, just as a gesture of good faith.
A wero can be threatening and punishing but a koha is more likely to be accepted as a peaceful gesture.
This gesture will go a long way in assuring would-be players that their future is safe.
So now I'm seen as yellow-bellied, a scaredy cat, and I'm going to have to make a huge gesture to prove otherwise.
This humbling gesture recalls the actions of Jesus at the Last Supper when he washed his disciples' feet.
When speech took over from gesture, it seems, the language system became lateralised.
As we zippered our coats and said our goodbyes, every gesture felt extra weighty.
The word also means that rude gesture with the fist clenched and lower arm raised mimicking another part of the anatomy.
A smile is returned with a smile and eyes that brim with gratitude for this small gesture.
Its decision to reintroduce free entry to the art gallery, reversing the ill-considered entrance fee, was a positive gesture of intent.
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Again, the strands of color start out saturated and fade in intensity, as if done in a single gesture.
The baby boomer audience, mainly female, hung on his every note, nuance and gesture.
A rhyton is a drinking vessel typically taking a horned animal shape in a metonymous gesture to its function as an elaborate drinking horn.
That is not to discount their crimes, for which they have been rightly or wrongly convicted, but would be a humane gesture.
The image of the man atop a tank was the apex of his career, the grand gesture for which he will be remembered in history.
Repeating this deconstructive gesture, Boucher concludes his video with an aporia that serves as a goad to further ethico-political vigilance.
She appreciates a handsome face, a courteous gesture, and the occasional swig of aqua vitae.
Ariadne poses against a rocky outcrop and raises her hand in a rhetorical gesture that makes her seem irate and merciful, proud and humble.
Chiron raises two fingers in the standard antique gesture of a teacher while holding a rod in his other hand.
As a goodwill gesture Mr Smith said he would be contributing some of his days' takings to help pay back the stolen money.
Our roving reporter caught up with the composer in Berlin to discuss this musical gesture of reconciliation.
As the owner banged on the window, one of the thieves hot-wired the car, whilst the other made a rude gesture.
I nodded in assent, and slowly moved forward to embrace my coach, mentor, and friend in a gesture of thanks.
Justin strikes poses in silhouette behind the curtain, ending with a lovably cheesy two-thumbs-up gesture.
To relate its massive increases to only one service was a ludicrous gesture and can only be worthy of our contempt.
It should be realised that without their good will and magnanimous gesture, such a major project as this could not go ahead.
King Frederick William, in a magnanimous gesture, presented the entire room to the tsar.
I wish to thank you for all your support last night and the magnanimous gesture of giving me your water bottle.
Rasa can mean mood or feeling in Sanskritic languages, and mudra can be meaningful hand gesture.
My thoughts cling to the tangible memory of you and your every little gesture and movement like a drowning person clings to their saviour.
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He is the undisputed backbench champion of the well-publicized empty gesture.
She ran her hands through her hair in a gesture of aggravation and stood, teetering on unsteady legs.
Falling at the feet of Jesus in front of a crowd is a telling gesture signifying social inferiority.
The woman nodded her approval and made a gesture to the manservant, she felt the dirty baggy shirt being pulled taunt around her front.
It was missing only a certain small gesture on Lance's part, a mere bagatelle.
As Mildred walks in, his long, slender fingers tent themselves in front of his face, a gesture that means he is focusing, deep in thought.
Last month, Mr Stuttle said he would present the Mayor with the picture as a thank-you gesture from the people of Yorkshire.
He opted for a strong theatrical style, exaggerating every tone and gesture and playing with great energy and ebullience.
My opponent was running around the wrestling mat waving his arms in a celebratory gesture as he assumed the match was his.
Only a seasoned actor whose every gesture conveys meaning can fill this much emptiness.
It seemed a harmless, matey gesture towards Wimbledon's decent, docile supporters.
The U.S. will eagerly seize on any gesture of cooperation from the Germans.
She didn't make a big deal of it, but I noticed it, and I think it was a symbolic gesture of what was in her mind.
He took a puff of the pot and raised his arms above his head in a gesture of exaltation and praise.
While the shrug is a gesture of renunciation, it is also a performance that maintains dignity.
I do not say this as a gesture of misplaced self-flattery, since what I plan to do here is very modest indeed.
Every gesture of this mime can be watched with delight, and every flicker of emotion across his expressive face.
It is a gesture of goodwill on behalf of the retailer to allow the sweater to be changed for one of a different colour or size.
Ghirlandaio uses the gesture to address the beholder at the beginning of both triads of heroes.
It is more than a gesture of solidarity with a people who have been severed from their roots.
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He could shape the force of his otherwise withdrawn personality into subtle shadings of gesture and characterization.
Their easy, unforced use of gesture breathes life into mime, making it an extension of speech.
Spitefully, Madame Defarge replies that she has indeed observed Lucie and makes a sinister gesture miming the guillotine.
It's a nice Christmas gesture and I, with many others, will be tucking into my mince pie and tea without any feeling of dissatisfaction.
Lest we are misunderstood, we are not saying the gesture to shelter refugees is a bad one.
It is an anarchic art, rooted in mockery, a ridiculous gesture towards the absurdity of the established order.
She gently blew on the wound, trying to make it stop burning, but the gesture wasn't helping any.
The day's takings were improved by a generous gesture by local couple Phil and Lesley Easton, who gave a mountain bike to be auctioned.
It is a gesture that is very much appreciated by myself and Dawn's family in Devon.
Her right hand is raised, signaling the mudra, the traditional Buddhist gesture of consolation.
He also said the most useful long-term gesture that the authority could make would be to guarantee to underwrite any potential losses.
But, as in the case of his father, that would have been less a gesture of bipartisanship than an act of political suicide.
It was a bold gesture because they have both preciously been unlucky in love.
The autobiographical documentary which stands on the border of truth and fiction, actuality and falsehood is a gesture of significant courage.
It's surprising how gripes or problems can be smoothed over by the simple gesture of feeding the crew or paying travelling expenses.
The gesture set the tone for his speech, which was in the nature of conciliatory advice to the new president.
Think, too, about how a peaceful gesture in the midst of a time of conflict can help defuse tension and soften someone's heart.
In a symbolic gesture one of his sculptures was uncovered in a solemn ceremony.
He could feel his heart beating against his breastbone as he cracked his fingers in a gesture of impatience.
His fair hand made a gesture to touch the dog's face but was rewarded by a painful nip from her sharp fangs.
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And yes, I thank you for your kindness and your genuine gesture of brotherly love.
This gesture earned our admiration and respect because rarely do leaders of any religion admit that their co-religionists have committed wrongs against others.
I broke away from Andrew suddenly, in a liberating gesture of defiance.
Yet in one scene he overturns the balance of power between them with a single disturbing gesture, and the sleazy satisfaction on his face makes one's skin crawl.
There are those who see that initial verbal gesture as politicking.
The emoticon is a weak substitute for a coy gesture or a lusty wink.
In a grand gesture of sucking up, I offered them my lunch to pillage.
Each gesture performed on the touch pad corresponds to a control function.
She smiled at him gently and he made a very rude gesture to her.
Such a gesture might look to contemporary historians like an act of archival vandalism, but it was entirely characteristic of the old school to which Macmillan belonged.
Disc One throws together dramatic choral interludes, pieces of syncopated 60s rock, and more traditional works that gesture back toward bossa nova.
His gesture is somewhere between surrender and supplication.
By this simple gesture I no longer belong to myself but am consecrated for the specific mission of being a woman of prayer and intercession for the Church.
As an urban design gesture it works as large, slow tempo pedal notes, allowing the refurbished stables to act as an conic flourish on Macquarie Street.
In a gesture of goodwill, a 24-hour internet cafe and a finance company in Edinburgh have offered US citizens free internet access to contact their loved ones.
Who is the most receptive audience for this kind of rhetorical gesture?
In the last few years I have returned to the notion of abstraction as an inspiration in itself, letting a particular instrumentation or musical gesture generate a whole piece.
There were calls among Unionists and Nationalists for the Loyalist groups to follow suit, but Ervine said they did not feel under pressure to make a reciprocal gesture.
She makes an impatient gesture and hurries away on plimsoled feet.
Matt flagged me down and as I pulled to a stop, he ran over to my side and was about to say something before I put my hand up to gesture him to stop.
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He flatters, massages their egos, tells them that they are statesmen, hints at his own ability to further their careers, provided the gesture is reciprocated.
By excavating these ruins of information's past, the author hopes to gesture beyond totalizing visions of information society as knowledge-based utopia or Orwellian dystopia.
Even this seemingly conciliatory gesture was in fact an act of defiance.
The Athenian alliance with the Argives, the Boeotians and the Corinthians against Sparta in the Corinthian War is portrayed as a gesture of compassion for the weak.
Big pines tower over the homes, flower boxes line stone walkways, and a wooden wagon wheel leans against one home in a gesture of artificial rusticity.
It was a nice gesture and it makes me wonder if I have a secret admirer.
The gesture indicated formal speech and authority and appears in pictorial representation of situations involving preaching, prophecy and command.
She gave an all-encompassing gesture to indicate her surroundings.
Part science fiction, part picaresque, and part burlesque, its alphabetized entries gesture provocatively, giving glimpses of their source's unattainable body.
We were always agreed, in good Augustinian fashion, that in a fallen world our best is but a faint intimation of, a feeble gesture toward, what ought to be.
This is a concrete gesture in the Pope's own diocese, which reinforces what the Holy Father called for in the 1984 indult and in his 1988 letter Ecclesia Dei Adflicta.
To be thus targeted by his lustful eye and hands was a kind of a distinction, however distasteful the gesture was.
Anyway, this is just a roundabout way of saying that, while I'm personally delighted to be here, I also appreciate the larger gesture that the invitation represents.
This poem takes the conceit of a shared video library membership card as emblematic of relationship cohesion and breakdown in a gesture that is almost joking.
The old man bowed, a gesture which was reciprocated by both newcomers.
He mimed her ceaseless talking with a gesture of his right hand.
A similar articulatory gesture is used in English in voiced stops, where advancing the tongue root helps to permit voicing to continue despite the oral closure.
According to the ritual of Communion established during the late twelfth century, it is the gesture of elevation that marks the moment of the Eucharist's transubstantiation.
They are so calm in movement and gesture that I was lulled into a stupor.
A handshake between McGuinness and the Queen wll be a hugely significant gesture.
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The guy turned around and lifted his chin as a gesture of greeting.
I look forward to seeing the president reciprocating the gesture.
Maybe it's an apotropaic gesture, maybe one writes to ward off death.
Ironically, standards of oral pronunciation and bodily gesture central to the mission of the elocutionists were disseminated through works of print.
Mr Pitter said the company did so as a goodwill gesture and without pay.
She said the kind-hearted gesture marked the end of a lovely day in which she witnessed her grand-daughter getting married at the historic Tower of London.
Behind this unprecedented gesture, however, darker forces were planning a different sort of event.
A local timber company had set aside a small area of uncut timber around the tree, partly as a recreational resource and partly as a gesture to environmentalists.
The length of each symbol corresponds to the rapidity of the gesture.
They could, after all, have just been trying to make a gesture toward inclusiveness.
Simply tap on your own screen, and haptic feedback mechanisms in the watch will transfer the gesture to the wrist of your friend.
While certain books may gesture towards rhizomatic connectivity, the physical form of the book imposes a certain linearity on the reading experience.
For one split second, she seemed to be fluffing up her hair, a vulnerable gesture.
The mahout bowed to the Goddess, hands arched in the gesture of namaskar, then began circling the shrine followed by the cymbal-clashers and the trumpet blowers.
The namaste gesture bespeaks our inner valuing of the sacredness of all.
It becomes a hapless gesture of uninformed social media departments who perceive the potential of engagement without consequences.
This is accompanied by a thumbs-up gesture which is a simple but effective way of getting the children to respond to and interact with the teacher.
His gesture is so bold it has a whiff of sacrilege, not just of art-world rebellion.
However, in a gesture that underlines sociality,he prefers instead to argue that the narratable self desires this story from the mouth of another.
And how does this past, with a mere gesture or a simple regard, haunt and torment you as you wander along an empty cotton field or a dusty country road?
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Another from Tanagra in Boiotia shows a person raising a kylix or goblet while another individual raises both hands in an apparent gesture of mourning.
In a gesture of sweetness but not necessarily backbone, Chalghoumi reached out to the local cops bearing gifts of pastry.
The spectacle of the dreamworld of the modern inaugurates a posthuman moment, one in which the experience of the marvelous unfolds as both a utopian gesture and a catastrophe.
King touched his gloves in a gesture of congratulation, but Benn was not going to be soft-soaped by the promoter he reckoned had wanted him beaten.
With the new US ambassador set for a carriage ride to meet the Queen, he recalls that, in a xenodochial gesture from the palace, three carriages were sent for a past ambassador and staff.
The generous gesture of responsibility of the poem extends itself to their company, encompassing them in its order, transforming the emptiness of nature into a place emblazoned with significance.
The bartender will acknowledge this with a similar gesture or a wave.
The collection he took up was mostly from Gentile churches, with hopes that this generous gesture would help bind those churches to the Jerusalem church.
Every message, action and gesture seems calculated to ratchet up the anxiety of those who are listening.
Perhaps only in writing this letter did Paul become aware that his generous gesture toward the church of Jerusalem would make his life, which had never been easy, much more difficult.
The idea to invite all twelve finalists to her birthday party was a very generous gesture and one she knew not all the girls could accept but to her surprise, nine of the twelve did accept.
Induction would be a fitting gesture, even now when the honor would be posthumous.
Ezekiel waved his arms, as if the gesture aided in memory retention.
He was believed to be keen, on his own, on the renunciatory gesture.
Anastagio picked up a button mushroom and threw it at his son, hitting him on the nose, smiling even as he did it despite the fact that the gesture was a warning.
A boy of 11 has been suspended from school for making a lewd gesture at a teacher, and she thinks the whole affair has been trumped up by kids who don't like him.
Warren makes one clearly recognizable gesture to the center, and the centrists make one recognizable gesture to the left.
Like them he believes that the macrocosm of the enormous complexity of the personality is reflected in the microcosm of every gesture, every vocalization.
They appreciated her kindness but were not ready to reciprocate the gesture.
In what may be a gesture of ironical respect to animals, however, the Speaker refrains from explaining human behaviour on the basis of its so-called animality.

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