'customary gesture' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It generally refers to a gesture that has become a tradition or is done as a social norm, such as giving a handshake when meeting someone. For example, "The bride and groom shared a customary hug upon seeing each other for the first time in their wedding attire."
It is the customary gesture of endearment from Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European commission.
In 1951, at twenty-three, she left Australia for London, the customary gesture, at that time, of discovery and expansion.
"Respectfully, I will not shake the hand of a slaver," she says, withholding the customary gesture of condolence.
But Mostel insisted that Tevye, like the Orthodox Jews with whom the actor had grown up, would never neglect to make the customary gesture of devotion that acknowledges the case of sacred parchment affixed to doorways of Jewish homes.
Everybody's familiar with the custom, but I don't think I've ever seen the customary gesture made.
His great-grandson, Boleslaus the Bold (r. 1058 1079), hit the Golden Gate with a sword in 1069, which would indicate that it was a customary gesture of gaining control over a city.
But because they are so alien to his style, concertos challenge Mr. Glass to look beyond his customary gestures, and in recent years he has poured some of his best music into them.
Before training began on Monday, a now customary goodwill gesture saw England's squad and Hodgson standing behind a banner reading "Obrigado Brasil pela recepcao calorosa" - which translates as "Thank you Brazil for your warm welcome".
My fellow Star Trek fans will of course recall Mr. Spock's signature delivery of the customary Vulcan hand gesture accompanied by the traditional salutation: "live long and prosper". The ever-logical Vulcans seemingly departed from that penchant for the sake of an aspiration, the wish for a long and vital life.
Hicks, Muse said in a statement that it had offered the gratuities "as token and customary good-will gestures," and that it had no idea its practices were violating the law in Louisiana or anywhere else.
Although he prefaced his run with his customary repertoire of cartoon-hero gestures, there was no messing about once the gun had gone off and he had assembled his telescopic limbs into running order.
