The phrase
"futile gesture" refers to an action or movement that is pointless, ineffective, and without achieving any significant result.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«futile»
«gesture»
Sentences with «futile gesture»
- At the end of the film, in the aftermath of a sorrowful series of events that Bobby can only watch from afar, he makes one final, futile gesture of assistance. (larsenonfilm.com)
- Aren't futile gestures, at times like this, facially unreasonable? (dailycaller.com)
- We need to outgrow our long held suspicion that human symbolic creativity is just futile gesturing done only by lonely subjects in an uncaring universe. (religion-online.org)
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