It was a rare gesture from the mainly conservative ranks of the bureau.

She reached out in a rare gesture of affection and squeezed his shoulder.

In a rare gesture of emotion, she clutched him tight as if afraid to let go.

After a time he reached out and laid a hand on my shoulder, a rare gesture of intimacy from childhood.

He reached out in a rare physical gesture to grip his son's arm.

He ran stiff fingers through his hair in a rare gesture of uncertainty.

Magda had been among them long enough to know what a rare gesture of intimacy this was.

It was a rare gesture in a sport consumed with winning.

But she laid her fingertips, a rare gesture, lightly across his lips.

He dragged a hand through his hair in a rare gesture of exasperation.