Sentence examples for vain gestures from inspiring English sources
Robert Fico, the prime minister, said that he was not in politics to make "vain gestures for [the sake of] gestures".
Ever since Donald Trump announced his run for presidency, I thought and still think of it as a buffoonish, vain gesture by a man known for buffoonish, vain gestures.
"It's a vain gesture at this point," Mr. Ross said.
The most suitable word to describe this behavior is 'fatuous.' It amounts to a vain gesture at taming the unruly tides to accommodate our desires.
This blonde young man, elegantly dressed in white shirt and pale green hose, with no jerkin but a red cloak, postures with an insipid and vain gesture, in contrast to the Ignudi which he closely resembles.
She has two revealing gestures, a vain pat of her hair and a wringing of her fingers, as if she were shredding dolls' limbs through her digits: they are both good, but used too soon and too frequently; she is doomed from the beginning.
There was a symbol of what United have been reduced to in Rio Ferdinand, early on - looking for options to help build out of defence, finding none and gesturing in vain for others to go short for him.
The typical listener, then, who is waiting for some grand, emphatic gesture from the lead vocalist, waits in vain.
And though his gesture is a bit futile – as a bloke he's vain and a bit up himself – I'll have to vote for him because I don't believe in not voting".
All such gestures have so far been in vain.International options are limited.
