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
Britons who love a beau geste were deliriously enthusiastic.
From Time Magazine Archive
At his death his widow observed: "His life was one long beau geste."
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides that final beau geste she left behind a haunting epitaph, claiming she was a great actress because "she had acted on the last day of her life."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Woolworth Building does not scrape the sky; it greets it, salutes it with a beau geste.
From Roving East and Roving West by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
