Sentence examples similar to as a gesture of praise from inspiring English sources

While some applauded the school district's decision, praising it as a gesture of support for its overwhelmingly female staff, others criticized it for suddenly forcing many parents to either stay home to care for their children or find — and pay for — back-up care.

They saw the Games as revitalising traditional English social life, and they countered opposition from the critics of such events, who complained of "drunken behaviour and sexual licence", by stressing the "peaceful and well-behaved" nature of the occasion, and even praising the Games as "a gesture of loyalty to the king".

It may have been meant as a gesture of support.

But they threw in England as a gesture of goodwill".

Danish papers reprinted the cartoons as a gesture of solidarity.

They should shake hands as a gesture of friendship.

As the Rubinstein show informs us, some suffragists wore rouge as a gesture of revolt.

But a recipient reading the small print may interpret it as a gesture of contempt.

An offer of £100 as a gesture of goodwill has also been made".

As "a gesture of goodwill", Mr Kabbah told Executive Outcomes to leave.

As a gesture of good will, the king released them while protests were ongoing, in February".