Ian, looking a trifle bewildered, advanced to meet the Indians, waving a large hand in a ceremonial gesture of welcome.

"You didn't think he'd use your ceremonial gesture in such a manner, right?"

The Murgo had covered his face with his hands in a strange, almost ceremonial gesture.

It was a ceremonial gesture, and I wished I knew its significance.

But he's already bred his whelp by his wife, and he has to make the ceremonial gesture of breeding another one.

It allows the Mayor to tailor city initiatives to constituencies and to make ceremonial gestures, he said.

Some in the crowd had let their attention be diverted by the largely ceremonial gesture of Ellen Cherry running a comb through her curls.

Uliet took a step back, and another, holding the knife up in a ceremonial gesture.

Ought he perhaps to make some ceremonial gesture of farewell to a comrade in arms?

"Welcome to the United Ficus Colony," he said, raising his left arm in some sort of stiff ceremonial gesture.