His hands rose suddenly in an angry desperate gesture.

It was a desperate gesture, which should have been futile as well.

I held the bowl to my chest in a desperate childlike gesture.

He held out his hands, the desperate gesture of an innocent man.

He grinned, a desperate gesture, white teeth in the flare of a star shell.

With a swift, desperate gesture, he lifted her and carried her to the bed.

And in the end, all that was left to us was a last, desperate gesture.

No desperate gesture or extrav- agant appeal would work now.

He made a desperate gesture with both hands.

And Gabrielle gave a desperate gesture for me to come.