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dramatic gesture

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meanings of dramaticand gesture


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dramatic
adjective
uk /drəˈmæt.ɪk/ us /drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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gesture
noun[C]
uk /ˈdʒes.tʃər/ us /ˈdʒes.tʃɚ/
a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea ...
See more at gesture


Examples of dramatic gesture


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In the face of slow progress towards balanced and verifiable disarmament it is very tempting to throw up our hands and call for dramatic gestures.
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I conclude by saying that this is one of the boldest and most dramatic gestures to have been made in these areas in the last 40 years.
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The signature movement is stamping, and dramatic gestures as well as a mimetic element are essential.
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Yet the musical structures are grandly formed and run the gamut of dramatic gestures.
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He places them in a flat landscape and gives them dramatic gestures, and for him this pointed to a new theme of youth in movement.
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Here is only one example, notable for combining appropriation of the opponents' dramaticgesture, use of an overlay, and the forgetting, at the climactic moment, of a telegraph wire.
I am glad it was he who suggested that we should adopt the decimal system; that would indeed be a dramaticgesture.
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Why at this stage can we not make a dramaticgesture?
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It is perfectly legitimate to argue that that was a rather dramaticgesture and focussed too much attention on the matter.
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That is what would happen if we made a dramaticgesture of that kind.
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That will, of course, carry the genuineness of this dramaticgesture of saving a little further down the scale.
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I would suggest that five years of misdeeds are not going to be wiped out this time by a dramaticgesture.
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He said it with a little dramaticgesture of contempt which did not add anything to the force of the argument.
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What we need is some sort of dramaticgesture which will attract the attention of industrialists and encour- age them to bring industries to these areas of prospective high unemployment.
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A subject that can be found throughout his work is what he calls static music, which explores the microcosms of sound beyond semantic, narrative or dramaticgesture.
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I must say in passing, after his dramatic gestures just now, that he keeps his beliefs in a very odd place.
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They are inclined to be hasty and to show too many dramatic gestures.
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There have been no dramatic gestures to indicate that they understand the seriousness of the problem.
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The fact that it has not been discovered suggests that mere dramatic gestures will do nothing.
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