The president's visit was mainly a 'symbolic gesture'. [=an act that has no purpose or effect other than to show support, respect, etc.]
He 'gestured' (to his partner) that it was time to leave.
Specific 'gestures' can indicate particular moods.
(..) to save your best friend, or solve a mystery, and fly to Kansas. You need to do it every day, which is so... hard. When you're a kid, you convince yourself that maybe the grand gesture could be enough. That even though your parents aren't what you need them to be, over and over and over again, (..)2018 TvShow: BoJack Horseman Title: Free Churro Season: 5 Episode 6
(..) with these surprising grand gestures. And I think that part of me still believes that's what love is. But in real life, the big gesture isn't enough. You need to be consistent, you need to be dependably good. You can't just screw everything up, and then take a boat out into the ocean (..)2018 TvShow: BoJack Horseman Title: Free Churro Season: 5 Episode 6