This voice, perfect timing, and splendid gestures were worthy of David Garrick, the greatest actor of the day and a personal friend; Pitt's lean, tall, commanding figure, combined with a Roman beaky nose and hawklike eyes large and gray but turning black when he was roused overwhelmed all onlookers.
Yet in a splendid two-finger gesture by fate, on the very day that veterans' services, national parks and a host of other government functions were closing, the health exchanges, symbol of everything those Republicans detest about Obamacare, were opening for business.
RICHARD BRODY: Oh, absolutely; her command of gesture is splendid.
"We will have a new collection twice a year," said Tom Courtney, Tonner's director of marketing, gesturing toward splendid outfits for resort and holiday wear.
No. Gatsby showed his splendid colors in a quieter gesture, when he decided to stand watch outside Daisy's house after the hit and run, thinking to protect her from Tom — dear Daisy, who at that same moment was sitting across from Tom, over a plate of cold fried chicken, the two of them in the "natural intimacy" of their eternal conspiracy.
The splendid orchestra playing revealed the thought behind every bizarre gesture and in most cases the skill to articulate it.
Setting in motion several story lines, Hers allows action to develop and characters to emerge through subtle gestures, quick looks and offhand remarks via a splendid ensemble of actors that truly create a sense of closeness, a kind of familiarity that need not be emphasized as it's always so present.
"His movements and gestures are graceful, his walk majestic, and he is a splendid horseman".
Filep Motwary, the exhibition's curator, described Haute-à-Porter as "an ode to elegance, an example of creative grandeur" with a sweeping gesture, as the exhibition brings together an assortment of creative themes and variety of splendid examples of high-end designer garments and accessories, along with iconic photography and various other art forms.
