posture

They characterise the government's current posture as doubling down on focusing on the cost of living.

"This is one of those negotiations where there's a great deal of posturing on both sides," said Chris Sands, director of the Center for Canadian Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

That posturing might have worked if he were younger or more energetic.

I’m laying out an interpretation that brushes away Mr. Putin’s great-man posturing.

It would almost be cute, if not for the sprawling, chaotic posture she’s assumed on the basement couch.