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Example sentences for "little gesture"

  • Jacinta made a little gesture of impatience.

  • Macallister made a little gesture of resignation.

  • Austin made a little gesture of sympathy.

  • The skipper made a little gesture of resignation.

  • The officer glanced down at the slaughtered holluschackie with a little gesture of disgust.

  • Still, they accomplished it, and Appleby felt content when Jordan made a little gesture as they sprang down.

  • Jordan looked at him curiously, and then made a little gesture of impatience.

  • The officer made a little gesture of assent.

  • The young Italian lady made a little gesture of indifference.

  • And then to run away because of some fancied slight--" Estelle interrupted him with a little gesture of impatience, almost of despair.

  • Miss Deringham made a little gesture of impatience.

  • Alton made a little gesture that in a curious fashion implied a wide chivalric faith.

  • The girl, who was tired, sat down with a little gesture of dismay.

  • The speaker was a sinewy bushman in curiously patched overalls with a bronzed and honest face, and he turned aside with a little gesture of dislike, when a man of a very different stamp pushed by him.

  • Elinor Doyle, unseen, made a little gesture of despair and surrender.

  • I--" He made a little gesture of despair.

  • Lily made a little gesture of half-amused despair.

  • Well," said he, leaning toward him with a little gesture, "to me the word of a gentleman is sacred.

  • Now, look here," he went on, with a little gesture of his left hand, between the fingers of which a cigarette was burning.

  • This man," he answered calmly, with a little gesture aimed at D'ri.

  • He saluted Selby with a little gesture of his ash-plant, inquired after the blistered heel, and then after an ailing member of the fat sow's litter.

  • The Captain smiled dryly and lifted his cap by the peak with a little gesture of greeting; there was answering gleam of teeth in the sunburnt face of the Lieutenant across the water.

  • The Midshipman at the wheel raised his hand with a little gesture of salutation, and she went by in a shower of spray.

  • She lit a cigarette with a little gesture of relief.

  • If I thought that you had any fresh plans on hand--" She flicked the ash from her cigarette and checked him with a little gesture.

  • The woman at his side wrung her hands with a little gesture of despair.

  • Pierre made a little gesture of deprecation.

  • The girl made a little gesture of pain, and then stepped softly over and, kneeling, looked into Throng's face.

  • She made a little gesture of deprecation.

  • There is nothing that any one can do, I fear," she returned, with a little gesture of hopelessness.

  • She made a little gesture of helpless resignation.

  • With a little gesture of almost appealing fear she put her hand on her companion's arm.

  • She put out her hands with a little gesture of protest.

  • Judithe, with a little gesture of horror, "and what do they do with them--those dangerous serpents of Eden?

  • Judithe made a little gesture of dismissal; "it is nothing in a man, all men should have courage.

  • When Pluto brought her mail, an hour later, he tried to express more clearly in words the utter happiness showing through every feature of his dark face, but she stopped him with a little gesture.

  • She put her hand out with a little gesture of protest as she sank back into the chair he offered.

  • When the next item was read, the hand lifted itself from the table with a little gesture of pride and assent.

  • The boy was moving toward the house, but he turned back with a little gesture of silence.

  • Witham smiled, but made a little gesture of dissent as he returned the other's gaze.

  • It is a trifle difficult to see how that would help us," said Barrington, with a little gesture of irritation, for it almost seemed that the broker was deriding him.

  • Courthorne made a little gesture of deprecation.

  • She had shaken out the coils of lustrous brown hair which flowed about her shoulders glinting in the light of the shaded lamp, and it was with a little gesture of physical content she stretched her hands towards the hearth.

  • Arrived at Waterloo, she shook out her skirts with a little gesture of relief and started off to walk to the Strand.

  • She shook herself free with a little gesture of annoyance.

  • She sat down with a little gesture of despair.

  • Then with a little gesture of one hand, "Should something have happened?

  • I don't mean anything of the sort," the senior officer replied with a little gesture, "for the reason that I have no idea whatsoever.

  • The Commando business," Dave replied with a little gesture.

  • He looked at her steadily; and the girl, who felt the impulsive desire to wound him too strong for her, made a little gesture.

  • The latter made a little gesture when he met Weston's eyes.

  • Weston looked at her a moment hesitatingly, and then made a little gesture of deprecation.

  • The girl made a little gesture of comprehension that had in it also a hint of disgust, and then seeing that he would say nothing further until she gave him a lead she spoke again.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little gesture" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    him that; little ball; little better; little bottle; little business; little confused; little daughter; little figure; little figures; little flush; little food; little further; little lady; little land; little mace; little movement; little pepper and salt; little practice; little remarkable; little sigh; little small; little spirits; little stiffly; little town; little while; shame and