grandstanding
Speech parts
1. grandstanding - Noun
2. grandstanding - Verb
Meaning
grandstanding (usually uncountable, plural grandstandings)
Dramatic or showy behaviour intended to impress an audience or observers.
grandstanding
present participle of grandstand
Synonyms
Examples
But to hear Kennedy when he was grandstanding in front of the McClellan Committee you might have thought I was making as much out of the pension fund as the Kennedys made out of selling whiskey.
I have the happy circumstance of either being accused of political grandstanding on the one hand or cover-ups on the other.
We must promote solid traits such as work ethics, a dignified lifestyle, matching actions to rhetoric, performance rather than grandstanding.
A few years back, we detailed how ongoing grandstanding and toothless legal threats finally forced Craigslist to shut down its "adult services" section.
Dr Higgins accused the Victorian health minister, Jenny Mikakos, of "grandstanding" over her comments about his illness.
He said the real adversary in all this should be COVID-19, with the heroes being the healthcare frontliners, not grandstanding politicians.