grandstanding
Example Sentences
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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
Hitler discovered that courtrooms were the perfect platform for his political grandstanding.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2024
She is not in politics for the grandstanding, but to get things done according to her beliefs.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024
“The Wiz” is treated as a commodity, its challenges draped over with comic window-dressing and “American Idol”-style grandstanding.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2024
I figured he was just grandstanding, sucking up the media’s attention because he could.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.