Gesture
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401 examples of Gesture in a sentence
Given that he has criticized America’s forward bases in the past, he may suggest a dramatic
gesture
to show that the US has no intention of using its troops in South Korea against the North.
Although China may offer Trump some face-saving gesture, substantive concessions are unlikely.
Perhaps in a grand meeting with President Xi Jinping, he can declare the problem solved, with some minor adjustments of tariffs here and there, and some new
gesture
toward market opening that China had already planned to announce, and everyone can go home happy.In this scenario, Trump will have “solved,” imperfectly, a problem that he created.
Perhaps in a grand meeting with President Xi Jinping, he can declare the problem solved, with some minor adjustments of tariffs here and there, and some new
gesture
toward market opening that China had already planned to announce, and everyone can go home happy.
The Kremlin claims this was a purely humanitarian
gesture.
And to this day, it has not made even the slightest
gesture
toward providing global leadership.
Digital IDs can be created through biometric approaches such as face recognition or voice and
gesture
monitoring; blockchain-based technologies; digital tattoos; or, in the most extreme cases, in-body solutions like radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips or individualized vaccines.
And yet his recent visit was meant to be a
gesture
of goodwill.
So, as usual with Trump, the world may just have witnessed an empty – and potentially a very costly in the long run –
gesture.
In a simple yet dramatic gesture, the museum has placed the pistol used in the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in a glass-paneled cabinet right in the center of the room.
The repatriation of an item with deep historical, spiritual, and cultural significance might seem like a mere
gesture
of colonial redress.
Postponing the Games is a
gesture
of solidarity in the present and offers hope for the future.
To reassure its Russia-facing flank, all member states will need to increase their forward presence there; simply establishing a small “Camp Charlemagne” in Poland would serve as a powerful symbolic
gesture.
And that
gesture
was eventually followed by Obama’s much-heralded speech in Hiroshima, where he reflected on America’s use of atomic bombs against Japanese civilians (though he did not issue a formal apology).
But do these corporate leaders really mean what they say, or is their statement just a rhetorical
gesture
in the face of a popular backlash against widespread misbehavior?
Will the next chapter be about real change at scale, or will the mainstreaming of impact investing be a hollow
gesture?
This overdue
gesture
is indeed welcome – all the more so from a government that has been regularly dipping its hands into middle-class pockets with an array of measures, ranging from a 20-rupee per liter excise duty on gasoline to an unreasonably high Goods and Services Tax (GST) on staple consumer items.
Macartney had already displeased his hosts by refusing to kowtow to the Emperor, a
gesture
of submission that was not required by his own sovereign.
US President Donald Trump’s attempts to involve Ukraine in his own corrupt dealings have given Zelensky the perfect opportunity for a symbolic
gesture.
It would be a wonderful
gesture
of solidarity if the countries that sell perpetual bonds in their own name would also guarantee an issue by Italy.
As he made this
gesture
he struck the little table on which the seltzer and a decanter of brandy were standing and almost knocked it over.
It will just stretch from the bottom, you see,' he went on with a persuasive gesture, 'and go up and up till it gets there.''Why, but three steps will add to its length as well… Where will it get to?''It will go up from the bottom, I mean, and reach to the top,' the carpenter repeated obstinately and persuasively.
I hate this falsehood!' he said with an energetic
gesture
of denial, and looked at Dolly with a gloomily questioning expression.
The familiar
gesture
of making the sign of the cross called up a whole series of girlish and childish memories, and suddenly the darkness, that obscured everything from her, broke, and life showed itself to her for an instant with all its bright past joys.
Then came raving madness, almost!...Ah, one can't speak of it!' exclaimed the Countess with a
gesture
of her arm.
Then, with a large
gesture
he indicated the north half of the horizon: the Sonneville workshops had not received two-thirds of their usual orders; only two of the three blast furnaces of the Marchiennes Forges were alight; finally, at the Gagebois glass works a strike was threatening, for there was talk of a reduction of wages.
With a
gesture
the young man pointed into the darkness.
"Ah! if it breaks--"The miner ended with a
gesture.
Chaval and Levaque, however, made a furious gesture, while Maheu restrained them by a glance, and Zacharie shrugged his shoulders chaffingly.
But the porter, a handsome fellow with strong limbs and a gentle face, refused with a frightened
gesture.
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