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grandstander
noun as in bigmouth
noun as in braggart
noun as in ham
noun as in politician
Example Sentences
And now Sheriff Onstad was in the papers, calling Johnny a “grandstander,” a “Hollywood hero.”
He describes Sherman as a grandstander who prefers “gimmicks” to concrete achievements.
Gore comes off as a supercilious grandstander who gets swatted away dismissively by the brilliant Bill Clinton.
Understand, when I say he's a grandstander I don't mean that he isn't sincere in his crusade to clean up the city.
He's simply a grandstander in the way he does things and that makes it impossible for him to ever be a truly big man.
A grandstander, a man who plays to the crowd instead of playing the game for what it's worth.
He imagined he heard Brennan saying: "A grandstander, a grandstander to the last."
Lefty is a cheap grandstander, and I'll settle with him myself.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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