posturing
Example Sentences
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Bragging, threatening, and posturing are all frowned upon.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
In a “risk-on” market, investors rush to buy up stocks that had been especially beaten down during prior bouts of defensive posturing, noted Cantor Fitzgerald’s C.J.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
United felt the German giants were posturing and would let Sancho leave regardless.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
“There’s a lot of posturing of, ‘We want to seem like a leader in federal AI adoption,’” one said.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026
They don’t surrender anything—not their friendships, video games, the rough-and-tumble sports some of them play, or even their macho posturing.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
