Sentence examples for as a gesture of respect from inspiring English sources

He said he planned to telephone Mr. Kirch as a gesture of respect.

She wore high-heeled sandals; although her hair was uncovered, she had pinned it up as a gesture of respect.

In India, she said, it is a tradition to cut-and-paste head shots of absent family members into wedding photographs as a gesture of respect and inclusion.

They stood in what aides later described as a gesture of respect to the church and the cardinal, though they did not applaud.

As a gesture of respect, the queen slipped off her shoes as she entered the prayer room of the Scunthorpe Islamic Center in northern England.

He had told me that the first thing he wanted to do was greet the Atlantic Ocean as a gesture of respect because he is part of the Water Clan.

Trump's meeting Monday with Thapar, who lives and works in McConnell's home state of Kentucky, was described by several White House aides as both a gesture of respect for the Senate GOP leader and evidence that he is in serious contention.

Mr. Kerry's campaign canceled five days of events, in what aides described as both a gesture of respect to Mr. Reagan and a bow to the reality that the world would not be paying much attention to Mr. Kerry this week.

Mr. Hevesi yesterday declined to endorse that view of the event, saying that his decision to attend now should not be read as anything more than a gesture of respect to Dr. King's memory.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, 8 February 2012 – Cheng Sophea dropped to the ground with her son and bowed in a gesture of respect as Khun Khat arrived at her home in Kampong Speu Province, several hours outside Phnom Penh.

Anna kneels by the late King, holding his hand and kissing it, as the wives and children bow or curtsey, a gesture of respect to old king and new.