"I've got this friend..." He made a throwaway gesture with his hand.

He listened, carefully phrased his responses, and drew information out of me with smiles and throwaway gestures.

As if to answer him, the girl made a throwaway gesture of the right hand and scattered a dozen shells on the sand beside her.

Miles made a small throwaway gesture, but she shook her head in denial of his denial.

The older Foo made a slight throwaway gesture with his right hand.

I just' - a slack hand emerged, making a throwaway gesture - 'just wanted you to know.

His opponent made a throwaway gesture with his hands, gave a sheepish grin which was more a grimace.

Though it is performed as a throwaway gesture, the double-edge image of that handkerchief's being available to him suddenly looms large.

I'm pretty enthusiastic about his candidacy, and even I saw that as a throwaway gesture.

It was a throwaway gesture, but for the first time that morning, the young man smiled.