Sentence examples for infamous gesture from inspiring English sources

Marcel Duchamp's infamous gesture of signing a mass-produced urinal and declaring it art occurred in 1917.

The infamous gesture was used widely in Britain to mock Hitler in the '30s and its performance was not automatically considered an approval of his regime.

After first bestowing the now-infamous gesture on then-SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch yanking his elbow backward mid-shake and almost pulling the judge off his feet Trump's shake has had some cringeworthy results.

And Zoopla was quick to distance itself from West Bromwich Albion following Nicolas Anelka's infamous quenelle gesture.

Perhaps the most famous (or infamous) political gesture occurred when Marlon Brando, to protest Hollywood's depiction of American Indians on screen, declined to accept his 1972 best actor award for "The Godfather" and sent a young woman, who introduced herself as Sacheen Littlefeather, in his place.

Worrell responded to being attacked by the Devils' Scott Niedermayer with the infamous throat slash gesture -- not once, twice, but three times.

No one, in tabloidese, is roaring "We're gonna win it" and everyone, deep down, knew where Greg Dyke, the FA chairman, was coming from with that infamous slit-throat gesture at the World Cup draw.

Ferguson and McGregor were put into international exile by the Scottish Football Association in April following the infamous "Boozegate" and gesture scandal while Boyd said he would not represent the Scots while the previous manager George Burley remained in office.