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Meanings of conciliatory gesture in English

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Usage of conciliatory gesture in English
1
Yet last Wednesday, Japan made a small but potentially important conciliatory gesture.
The Guardian
2
I had not meant it; it had just been a conciliatory gesture.
Summers at Castle Auburn
3
He nodded again and held his hands out in a conciliatory gesture.
Extracurricular activities
4
Alec walks toward Boss, holding his hands up in a conciliatory gesture.
The Kill Order
5
Ebenezar sighed and held up his hand in a conciliatory gesture.
Proven guilty
6
Then he borrowed money and lost that too. She made a conciliatory gesture.
The Wise Man’s Fear
7
Kabweza waved her hand in what might have been called a conciliatory gesture.
Cauldron of Ghosts
8
Kvothe made a conciliatory gesture with one hand, and smiled a tight smile.
The Name of the Wind
9
The old guy held out his hands in a conciliatory gesture.
The poison eaters: and other stories
10
We need to go into the region and perform some kind of conciliatory gesture.
Agent 6
11
As a sort of conciliatory gesture, I glanced Tyler's way.
Dying for Dinner (A Cooking Class Mystery)
12
The constable spread his hands out in a conciliatory gesture.
A beautiful place to die
13
Injun Joe Listens-to-Wind sighed and held up his hands palms forward in a conciliatory gesture.
Turn coat
14
Thomas held his hands up in a conciliatory gesture.
The Death Cure
15
He was backing away from her now, holding up his hands, an open, conciliatory gesture.
The unseen
16
I knew I should have made a conciliatory gesture.
206 Bones
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United States of America
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