"gesture" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In a gesture designed to improve relations with Republican congressional leaders, the new Democratic president decided to appoint a Republican.
- McDonough criticized the bill as being a "superficial gesture designed to make people feel guilty".
- Reacher interpreted the offer as a dismissal mixed in with a gesture designed to soften the stonewall performance the guy had been putting up.
- He knew that the RCA settlement could be seen as "a paternalistic gesture, designed to paper over a messy situation."
- Cristina lifted her chin in a gesture designed to show she didn't give tuppence for his opinions.
- JD smiled, an arrogant gesture designed to further infuriate her.
- He has ministered to that audience carefully over the years, with gestures designed specifically for a Seattle audience.
- Generous children and the rare adult will slip money into slots on the boxes-a small gesture designed to make them feel a part of things.
- There had been no gestures designed to ward off evil when she spoke its name.
- Turning them off had been a purely symbolic gesture, designed to encourage the evacuation.
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