Sentence examples for initial gesture from inspiring English sources

Scientology made the initial gesture toward a cease-fire when Mr. Miscavige, the church leader, paid an unscheduled visit to the I.R.S. Commissioner, Mr. Goldberg.

In part, the "gratitude" of this book's title refers to that initial gesture from Lessing, if not always to what followed.

It was that initial gesture of total physical commitment, indifference and carelessness, that caught the players' admiration and they really took to him in a major way".

The negations multiply swiftly, forming a rich pattern in reverse; spawned by an initial gesture of refusal, our unacted history outgrows the narrow compass of accomplished lives.

Meanwhile, after the initial gesture that starts the waltz, the right hand keeps the rhythm going — and how! — with a series of steady C major triads, on the beat and growing louder.

If all this evokes for you images as quaint as paintings of hardy pioneers, hands shielding their eyes as they gaze upon their grazing cattle, then I would like to make a initial gesture of protest, before shrugging and conceding that the analogy is fair enough).

In reveling in its singularity, the serpent seems to be in line with God's plan, or at least in the differentiating spirit of its initial gestures.

They recall the initial gestures from neighbors in their small community.

(The fusion of classical ballet with punk-rock music was Armitage's initial postmodernist gesture).

This initial activist gesture happens on a more cerebral level than an external one, but it's just as important.

Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc sought Tuesday to defuse tensions by apologising for the tough police handling of the initial demonstrations, a gesture welcomed by the United States.