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
Powered by the celestial arrangements of Nelson Riddle, the album is not a sentimental journey, a dizzy camp-out or a show-biz grandstand play.
From Time Magazine Archive
"A grandstand play," snorted Candidate Wagner, who countered by summoning his own advisory council, headed by Ford Foundation President Heald.
From Time Magazine Archive
His volte face could only be meant as a grandstand play.
From Time Magazine Archive
I hadn't been paying much attention to Doctor Kirby while the colonel was making that grandstand play of his'n, and getting away with it.
From Danny's Own Story by Marquis, Don
