He made a small despairing gesture, then looked up at one of the great tiers of balconies.

Face down, this prone warrior waved a cutlass in one final despairing gesture.

She flung her arms wide in a despairing gesture and moved away from them toward the shadow-people.

He threw up his hands in a despairing gesture.

The next moment, with a despairing gesture, he fled from the room and from the house.

Napier raised both hands in a despairing gesture, as if it was all beyond him.

"I am sick, very sick," he said with a despairing gesture.

David flung out his hands in a despairing gesture.

Theda threw up her hands in a despairing gesture.

Gale made a despairing gesture with his hands.