Sentence examples for understandable gesture from inspiring English sources

The vast American flag currently suspended from an overhanging mezzanine at its eastern end is, perhaps, an understandable gesture in a site that bears such a heavy weight of history.

It seems to be a political gesture, understandable and probably empty.

Just as UI's no longer have to be so grounded in physically relatable terms like "desktop," "folder," "trash bin," etc. to be understandable, I think gestures and touch screens don't require true tangibility to be truly useful.

The gesture was understandable, given that the new pope is a bona fide fan of the team.

Ronald Atkin filed this Observer report from their subsequent 8-0 defeat on 29 January 1989: Sutton blown out by a Force 8 By Ronald Atkin It may seem like stretching it a bit to embark on a lap of honour when you've just lost by eight goals, but Sutton's gesture was understandable.

They might, feeling an understandable fear, make a gesture toward trying to end the encounter, as Samuel DuBose did when he put his key in his car's ignition and turned it during his encounter with a University of Cincinnati police officer -- which officer reacted to that attempt to be "free to leave" by shooting Mr. DuBose in the face.

Mr. Wehner and other conservatives consider the groundswell for gun control to be understandable but more a symbolic gesture than an effective response.

In Zagreb, where a 2-2 draw eliminated Croatia, a huge banner commemorated "Vukovar 91;" Mihajlovic knelt before it and crossed himself, a gesture that was understandable in that he wanted to commemorate the fallen on both sides but one that was also hugely provocative, drawing a torrent of abuse from home fans.

An understandable idea — you use similar gestures, pinch and rotate, all that kind of thing.

Without overplaying the erotic attraction to the point where it distorts Shakespeare, the gesture makes it more understandable to a modern audience when Antonio agrees to give his fortune and a pound of his flesh to Shylock as collateral.

As a gesture towards Catalonia, it's understandable, but the results obtained by the People's Party make it arithmetically impossible to push forward a constitutional amendment without their support.