grandstander

Example Sentences

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He deflected Trump’s jabs by joking he was at least “second rate” as a grandstander.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

“He is not a grandstander, which the bureau needs because we shouldn’t know who the director of the FBI is.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 1, 2019

He is the offstage presence, the opposite of a grandstander, even with the report having been made published.

From Fox News • May 2, 2019

With TV cameras rolling, Kelly falsely said Wilson had been a grandstander at a 2015 dedication of an FBI facility named for fallen agents.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2018

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.

From Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles by Richardson, James H.