Sentence examples for hand sweeping from inspiring English sources

"This," he declares, a hand sweeping out towards the mountain-circled horizon, "is not China.

I imagined a big modern wall clock, the second hand sweeping efficiently around the circle.

"I could have shown you but it's gone," Faulk said, his hand sweeping in a gesture of rising, pummeling water.

His hand sweeping in front like an elegant tennis forehand meant "adjust the angle of your head very slightly".

"Everyone said, 'Your wall will be empty,' but look at this," Blumenstein said, his hand sweeping over a wall with photos of 18 athletes.

The president-elect promises on the one hand sweeping tax cuts, and on the other hand debt reduction, better schools, prescription-drug coverage and strengthened Social Security.

Her hands, sweeping over his face, carried the heavy smell of the tiger, of snow and pine trees and blood.

So wealthy were the family, he says, his hands sweeping upwards, that the glazed tiles on the intricate roofs were covered in calligraphy.

June 2010: George Osborne announces the biggest shakeup in City regulation since 1997 and hands sweeping new powers to the Bank of England designed to prevent a fresh financial crisis.

Until about 35 years ago, the auctions were timed by a real clock, with the hands sweeping down from "noon," which represented the highest price.

But you can rest assured that there are people out there, hydraulic engineers, I'd bet, imagining waves of water, those hands sweeping everything off the table, and trying to figure out to control them.