Sentence examples for ambitious gesture from inspiring English sources

The ambitious gesture failed on almost every level.

And Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, urged Mr. Bush to quickly propose a rebuilding plan for New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast, arguing that an ambitious gesture could restore his power in Congress.

There are less ambitious gestures as well.

Opening with a clip from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech  – the famous "blank check" segment – would be an ambitious, maybe perilous gesture for any artist who didn't carry her current stature in pop culture.

The move was an expansion of an earlier, less ambitious proposal, and was seen as a conciliatory gesture to her left-leaning primary opponent, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and his supporters ahead of the Democratic Party's convention.

"I think it is going to be recognized as an unusual gesture, from someone who is proactive and ambitious".

The mass-market introduction of Kinect — with its almost magical gesture and voice-recognition technology — stands as Microsoft's most ambitious, risky and innovative move in years.

The byname, approved by the composer himself, refers to the work's ambitious scope it is over an hour in length and to its grand emotional gestures.

The first two options — setting a more ambitious example to others, or threatening climate laggards with carbon tariffs — are tempting gestures, and each has its supporters.

Meanwhile, the unspoken message from both the Americans and the Japanese is that the Europeans are indulging in "gesture politics", grabbing favourable headlines in the knowledge that they will later agree to a less ambitious target.Maybe so.

Xbox One looks to have the most advanced and ambitious offering, allowing owners to feed in their cable/satellite channels and then control them via the Xbone voice and gesture controls.