Sentence examples for weak gesture from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gore's split with his party -- he said that family court should decide the custody -- has been dismissed by many voters here as a weak gesture, politically motivated.

Instead he made only a weak gesture; perhaps he is not sufficiently sure of his strength in the refugee areas not under his control to claim the allegiance of Palestinians everywhere.

A couple of people suggested that my "flounce" was a very weak gesture if I was back so soon, but I could see no other way to ask the questions I needed to ask.

A follow-up to my earlier post, on the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" (actually two blocks away from the site) and the morally weak gesture of acknowledging that Muslims have the right to build a community center while saying that they shouldn't exercise that right: Harry Reid has now adopted exactly that stance.

By Amy Davidson Sorkin August 16, 2010 A follow-up to my earlier post, on the so-called "Ground Zero mosque" (actually two blocks away from the site) and the morally weak gesture of acknowledging that Muslims have the right to build a community center while saying that they shouldn't exercise that right: Harry Reid has now adopted exactly that stance.

As evidence of this misconduct became overwhelming and public criticism about its labor practices grew, Walmart reacted as one would expect: with weak gestures and a robust, expensive public relations campaign.

One enters the Rose Center through a long, low arch... intended to evoke the low arch of the nineteenth-century entrance to the south end of the museum... [I]t is one of the few weak gestures made by the architect, James Stewart Polshek... Its only true comrade is I. M. Pei's pyramid, at the Louvre.

Whoever takes over the prime ministership will probably feel obliged to make some sort of a gesture towards fiscal stimulus and bank reform in order to quell domestic and foreign criticism, but it could well be a weaker gesture than would otherwise have been the case.

If, on the other hand, the weak laryngeal gesture is accompanied by a weak lingual gesture, the oral target for the consonant will not be fully achieved, resulting in a lenited consonant, which will, in turn, be followed by a full vowel.

It combined airy religious sentiments with weak political gestures — most regrettably, a George W. Bush speech sung backward.

At its weakest, the gesture-for-note method starts to feel like point scoring: or, if you prefer, dance as a row of visual tacks banged on to the music.