beau geste
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of beau geste
literally: beautiful gesture
Example Sentences
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Still, in city politics, even the beau geste can be fraught.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2015
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
Britons who love a beau geste were deliriously enthusiastic.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was all very well to feel one ought to share, and to make a beau geste and do it, but the beaux gestes Scrap had known hadn't made anybody happy.
From The Enchanted April by Elizabeth
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