He reached in with one hand and helped her out, which was a nice, if superfluous, gesture.

In a way it was a superfluous gesture.

The proportions are nicely calculated and sincerely articulated, and there is never a hint of the self-aggrandizing effect or the superfluous musical gesture.

Weem, in a dark pongee dressing-robe, opened the door for us and made a superfluous gesture toward the drawing-room.

The man named Birdcatcher jabbed a spear into its side, but it was clearly a superfluous gesture.

It was a superfluous gesture.

There was not a moment of superfluous gesture here: the warm sound focused attention on each note's place in the composition.

This innovation makes first unlocking her door a superfluous and illogical gesture.

He made no superfluous gestures, and was never seen to be moved or agitated.

The medical pack Scott had strapped on before leaving the farmhouse felt useless, a superfluous gesture in the face of violent death.