gest
noun
a story or tale.
geste
-
a variation of
gest.
Example Sentences
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Still, in city politics, even the beau geste can be fraught.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2015
Starbucks’ successful seduction of the notoriously finicky New York City consumer began with a dramatic grande geste.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2012
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
Their taste for the beau geste turns out to be their undoing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The general character of the chansons de geste, especially of those of the 12th century, is hard, coarse, inflexible, like the march of rough men stiffened by coats of mail.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
