The phrase "genuine gesture" is correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used to describe a sincere or honest action that someone takes. Example: His apology seemed like a genuine gesture, as he looked me in the eye and took full responsibility for his mistake.
3) Under no circumstances accept the shirt on the pitch – whether it's a genuine gesture or not.
But U – July 22 comes across as a genuine gesture of solidarity with Breivik's victims, and made sobering viewing in the week of the Florida school shooting.
Mike agrees: "For me, creating a silly, ridiculously over-the-top birthday cake is a pantomime, yet a deeply genuine gesture to show my kids how much I love them.
I think people are often quite surprised at how just a simple genuine gesture of concern and caring can really speak volumes and allow people to open up so that you don't have to actually make any assumptions about what they're feeling or thinking.
Chan's barrister argued that Wang's will, leaving the entire estate to Chan, was a genuine gesture to her lover who had visited her every day at the hospital during the last three months of her life as she fought cancer.
The spontaneous and genuine gesture moved Robertson almost to tears.
Despite Antley's unreliable behavior, he was often forgiven by friends and horsemen on both coasts, because he was honest about his mistakes and because he was capable of genuine gestures and extraordinary generosity.
Their genuine gestures and continued support they give to me to help me succeed and reach my dream.
But it is going to take effort, and it is going to take genuine gestures about things that really matter.
Genuine gestures of reconciliation with Poland following the air crash killing the former Polish president underscores Medvedev's commitment to forward-looking relations rather than reactionary nostalgia.
Matthew Rojansky, head of the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute, says that Ukraine and its Western allies have cast Russian actions in eastern Ukraine as so nefarious that even a genuine humanitarian gesture is regarded with suspicion.
