beau geste
Example Sentences
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Still, in city politics, even the beau geste can be fraught.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2015
It was a beau geste when Chief Chiappe gave Cl�menceau Valet Albert employment last week, not as a valet but as a special inspector of police.
From Time Magazine Archive
At his death his widow observed: "His life was one long beau geste."
From Time Magazine Archive
Britons who love a beau geste were deliriously enthusiastic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps it was just a beau geste of defiance, or a reminder that one day he too would be grown up and free.
From The Dark House by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)
