beau geste
American-
beaux gestes
plural
noun
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
Their taste for the beau geste turns out to be their undoing.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was one of the few times in history that the Solicitor General refused to argue a case before the Supreme Court, and it was a beau geste that cost Griswold his job.
From Time Magazine Archive
At his death his widow observed: "His life was one long beau geste."
From Time Magazine Archive
Ignorant people say they are hysterical, and over117 passionate—They are nothing of the kind—They believe in material things, and in the "beau geste."
From Man and Maid by Elinor Glyn
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