grandstanding

Example Sentences

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You have the extremes that call the ball on so many debates, partly I guess it’s social media, TikTok, it’s the grandstanding by members.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

But it is so firmly grounded in truthful and complicated detail drawn from Mr. Dunne’s actual experience that it makes its powerful moral argument without any need for grandstanding or preaching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

The U.S. and Malaysia have largely enjoyed warm relations over the years, notwithstanding occasional rhetorical grandstanding, especially on the part of former longtime Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

"It's histrionics and grandstanding," said John Bursch, of the Alliance Defending Freedom.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

What was meaningful to voters and what was just grandstanding, though, I wasn’t quite sure.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama