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
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
All the old givens -- beau geste, military master plans, unswerving belief in the officer class -- were fatally irrelevant to a guerrilla war.
From Time Magazine Archive
Britons who love a beau geste were deliriously enthusiastic.
From Time Magazine Archive
No, ours has not been the beau geste as a nation.
From The World Decision by Herrick, Robert
