Sentence examples for peculiar gesture from inspiring English sources

It was a peculiar gesture.

One dancer after another performs the same solo, which features a succession of individually peculiar gestures: shifting weight rapidly but stiffly from foot to foot on straightened legs; linking hands between the legs and seemingly trying to pull the crotch upwards; shaking alternate shoulders while tilting backwards; and more.

He has to act it, and he did this by means of a range of peculiar facial gestures.

The essential beauty of "Behold Bold Sam Dog" lies in the peculiar, crystalline gestures that cram the dance, combining like intricate patterns in fine handmade lace.

"Kai!" is an informal greeting usually delivered with a gesture peculiar to KidZania: the first two fingers of the right hand splayed over the heart.

We have seen your President Obama try to explain himself to your nation, a most peculiar and baffling gesture considering how many tanks he has at his disposal.

Were those gestures peculiar to Iraq?

"Mos has very peculiar, very specific gestures, both physical and verbal, and I found myself assimilating some of them to make the relationship seem all the more fraternal," Mr. Wright said.

He sprang on and off the stage like a large bird for short bursts of dancing, then joined Ms. Molina in "Angelus (A Dalí)," a piquant little shrug of a duet filled with vividly peculiar complementary arm gestures.

Mr. Baryshnikov gives these gestures a peculiar emphasis, as if to add, look at me now, remembering all that.

Because of the film's discontinuities and overbearing attention to peculiar stories and striking gestures, the character of Hughes glows with no heat of inner passion.