Sentence examples for familiar gesture from inspiring English sources

A familiar gesture among architects involved in such projects is the resigned shrug at some element botched beyond their control.

In that stirring familiar gesture of avoidance, we see what this "Porgy and Bess" has to offer us: a quiet and true lullaby of feeling.

Viewers acquainted with Mr. Haneke's work may find "Amour" too cold, cruel even, and its depiction of suffering a punishing, familiar gesture from a director who's long been interested in transforming spectators from simple consumers into critical thinkers.

Justin was motioned into car by a smiling copper, and came back grim-faced and rubbing his fingers together in the familiar gesture that suggests an exchange of notes has taken place.

In many firsthand accounts of communal viciousness, participants recover their better selves when confronted with a reminder of everyday life — "a memory, a familiar gesture in the present, the appearance of a person they know from home".

She wrote to Harry Mathews, who remained a lifelong friend, "This familiar gesture to all these handsome, very young Italian machos — who before were really just country boys, farmers . . .

The borrowed emotion of the plot often finds exact form in easy, familiar gestures.

He has repeated familiar gestures, submitted works shorter than expected, and, on several occasions, failed to deliver commissions on schedule.

Such a reputation could easily lead to professional caution, to an audience-savvy recycling of familiar gestures.

Then came the familiar gestures: eyes kindled and hands open in astonished glee before his body flopped on the track, tension escaping like air from a popped balloon after a job well done.

Here, it offers a familiar, gesture-driven interface, where you swipe in between emails, swipe left to delete or archive, or swipe right to reply or forward.