Sentence examples for gestures to avoid from inspiring English sources

It's enough of a problem, in fact, that some politicians have created substitute gestures to avoid it (see the "Clinton thumb" below).

A British woman used hand gestures to convey negative feelings and did not complete her sentences, as observed by the RA: " she…(left her) sentences incomplete…and (used) gestures to avoid saying... words.

It was difficult to ascertain who was bidding--horse collectors gesture discreetly, to avoid arousing the competition.

"We wanted," he told the governments providing the troops, "to demonstrate that the United Nations resolution was not an empty gesture, and to avoid the development of a vacuum in the area".

The feeling of constant supervision has come to affect the way we speak, filling it with whispers, gestures and metaphors, to avoid saying those words that could get us into trouble.

While I truly appreciate the gesture, I would prefer to avoid downloading malware or ransomware.

But governments need to avoid populist gestures.

Grima's approach might be called anti-Olympic City: he wants to avoid monumental gestures.

Balls held his hands in his lap to avoid stray gestures, but couldn't help himself.

Not exactly expropriating the expropriators – but then, in times of such uncertainty, is it not better to avoid radical gestures?

Liars tend to avoid hand gestures that we consider a normal part of discussion or conversation.