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grandstand
verb as in show off
Strongest match
Example Sentences
Other than grandstanding, there are no tangible benefits attached to Pelosi’s visit.
He said he wanted Thompson in that role because the committee needed a leader who would be focused on the investigation, and not see it as an opportunity to grandstand or score political points.
Lawmakers were quick to grandstand about the importance of the new legislation.
For them, grandstanding against Jackson is a no-lose proposition.
Pessimists expected a return to the miserable grind of grandstanding speeches and blocked votes.
And my father is a jockey so when I saw his picture I knew it was a grandstand at a racetrack.
Everyone knew it, because when the ambulance pulled away from the grandstand, it was not going fast.
A black dude in the grandstand behind Seiler began a funky dance in the aisle, wildly thrashing about in a cream-colored suit.
Before the race she met dignitaries in the grandstand, including Amanda Elliott, the vice chairman of the Victoria Racing Club.
He began his career with NBC as a co-host of the football pre-game show GrandStand.
In front of the grandstand stretched a wide, green field, enclosed with a low fence.
Meanwhile Tom, on the grandstand, was seeing them, and being very proud of his relationship to the Ship o the Fiend.
In the grandstand a group of girls and boys belonging to Riverport had gathered early, having seats adjacent.
They were in the grandstand, each willing and glad to forget, for the moment, just how weirdly wonderful life was.
A hush fell over the grandstand as the home players took their places on the diamond.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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