grandstanding

Example Sentences

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To follow Harris’ expression of sorrow for her loss with “...But do you want to answer her?” is needless grandstanding, not fact-finding pressure.

From Salon

Rather than grandstanding like this, Congress should spend its time considering the privacy and free speech arguments offered by the ban’s opponents.

From Salon

“It’s getting worse. They want to break public education and go to school vouchers. It’s political grandstanding.”

From Los Angeles Times

Even though each candidate did his fair share of partisan grandstanding, those contests involved actual exchanges of ideas directly between the two principals.

From Salon

Hitler discovered that courtrooms were the perfect platform for his political grandstanding.

From Salon