Sentence examples for A dismissive wave from inspiring English sources

Mr. Zelenka looked behind me and gave a dismissive wave.

Utley responded by asking Sanchez what he was talking about, then giving a dismissive wave.

The Occupiers also got a dismissive wave of the hand from Wall Street.

I rejected her offer with a dismissive wave of the hand.

Asked how she will fund her programme, Dati gives a dismissive wave of the hand.

Alex Ovechkin responded with a dismissive wave of his left hand.

She lifts her left hand, a gesture that could be a tepid, dismissive wave or, maybe, an attempt to cover her face.

Ronaldo often, for example, struggles to muster much enthusiasm to celebrate goals scored by his colleagues, a trait which was unpleasantly evident in last weekend's 2-0 home win over Levante: when his shot was cleared off the line and the rebound volleyed home by Bale, he reacted with an aggressively dismissive wave of the arm, as if to say: "That should have been my goal".

The film may have dated as a cautionary left-wing tale, yet it has stayed fresh as a study in the minutiae of power — the hand on the shoulder, the dismissive wave, or the patronizing squeeze of a cheek.

There are already ways to bring gesture controls to Apple products (such as Flutter, which was recently scooped up by Google), but it would be pretty cool to see Tim Cook on stage demonstrating how he can control an iPad with a dismissive hand wave using software and hardware Apple built in-house.

Whooshing into this bubble of exclusivity, Krisha Fairchild, 64, descended the stairs from the street above with white hair askew and a body type that would draw a dismissive hand wave from a Paris designer.