The phrase "a brief gesture" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a quick or small action that conveys a message or feeling, often in a social context.
Example: "He offered a brief gesture of goodwill by nodding his head in acknowledgment."
Alternatives: "a quick gesture" or "a small gesture".
A still from the dice sequence in Energy Flow. Taking the flow and transformation of energy as its primary metaphor and pairing it with visual inspiration from modern painting and science visualizations, each segment unfolds as a brief audiovisual gesture, a graphically lush animation created by FIELD and an international team of collaborators.
I have then made brief gestures toward how these issues might connect to metaphysical problems in the European tradition.
These were the peroxide mullet years, when he seemed to play not so much to defeat the opposition as to smite the Daily Mail, to garner enough leg room for a brief, ringlet-tossing gesture of on-field defiance.
The woman briskly bounds toward a door, making a brief half-turn and gesturing to the police officer just behind her.
"Ode of Joy" is a brief political potboiler dependent on histrionic gesture and loud noise.
He carried a fan inscribed with gold calligraphy, and he gestured with it, a brief swipe that indicated that the game wouldn't last long.
Those early gestures contributed to a brief period of relative openness, dubbed the "Damascus Spring" by some observers, in which public political discussion forums emerged and calls for political reform were tolerated.
It was surprising for an anchor, maybe even awkward for a brief second, and then the sweetness of the gesture won out as we embraced.
At the end of the video, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment CEO Timothy Leiweke made a brief appearance to explain just how exclusive the gesture really was.
