But that would have been a useless gesture, a waste of the woman's potential.

The captain of the delivery ship shot his weapons, but it was a useless gesture.

She herself had killed, useless gesture that it turned out to be.

She motioned for quiet, but it was a useless gesture.

Afterward, I realized what a useless gesture it had been.

A useless gesture, of course, and she was irritated to catch herself doing it more than once.

They move with great economy; useless gestures or movements are very rare.

A silly, useless gesture, I knew, but my hand moved of its own accord.

He knew it to be a useless gesture, but had to try.

But it might almost have been the useless gesture of a child.