attitudinize

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One of the rare women who never pout or attitudinize, she could fling her glove gracefully— one might add, capturingly under every aspect, she was a handsome belligerent.

From The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5 by Meredith, George

The passing of Lola sent a quiver through them and they were ready for the first available opportunity to attitudinize about her chair.

From The Rustle of Silk by Hamilton, Cosmo

He was compelled the while to attitudinize incessantly as a genius.

From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton

To be a "conteur," to figure in "proverbs," to attitudinize, to produce a "sensation"—all these are purposes of ambition in foreign circles.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

The cause requires a youth to "stalk, and bustle, and attitudinize;" and he clearly thinks this is all the youth before him wants to do, whether conscious of the fact or not.

From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.