grandstand play

Example Sentences

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This isn’t a grandstand play on my part; I’ve discovered—and you can see it in other entertainers—when they don’t reach out to the audience, nothing happens.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2012

"A grandstand play," snorted Candidate Wagner, who countered by summoning his own advisory council, headed by Ford Foundation President Heald.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week "100%" Nichols made what looked like his last possible grandstand play short of shutting down completely.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was this grandstand play which made Dick Whitney president of the Exchange next year.

From Time Magazine Archive

I can't go back on what I have told you without everybody, who doesn't understand the situation here, feeling that I have just come out here to make a grandstand play.

From The Story of The American Legion by Wheat, George Seay