Sentence examples similar to empty gestures of sympathy from inspiring English sources
The reborn Front, said Mr Megret, would not lose itself in in-fighting, self-congratulation and empty gestures of protest.
No, what's unimaginable now is that Congress would unanimously offer even an empty gesture of support for workers' dignity.
The empty chair is symbolic of the lack of conscience and empty gesture of politicians pandering for votes without consideration for the citizens they represent.
When working, she tries not to offer grand gestures of sympathy to bereaved families for fear of sounding insincere.
Mandela's influence came partly through his obvious moral example, but also through his toughness and his gestures of sympathy.
America's outrageous gun laws demand more than hastily agreed upon gestures of sympathy for the victims of the commerce they support.
German and British diplomats both made gestures of sympathy for Zionism because they believed in the invisible power of international Jewry.
She didn't want to hear the theories about why her campaign had given America a Trump Presidency; she could not handle easily the gestures of sympathy.
A hilarious, often ribald novel, Tristram Shandy nevertheless makes a serious comment on the isolation of people from each other caused by the inadequacies of language and describes the breaking-through of isolation by impulsive gestures of sympathy and love.
But China has dismissed Mr. Chen's subsequent overtures as empty gestures unworthy of reply.
Promises of modernization and a rule of law were empty gestures as the already crumbling political system, corrupted to its core, continued to falter.
