attitudinize

Example Sentences

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She was very corseted, very mannered, and quick to attitudinize.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie

One of the rare women who never pout or attitudinize, she could fling her glove gracefully—one might add, capturingly under every aspect, she was a handsome belligerent.

From The Amazing Marriage — Complete by Meredith, George

A jay would alight in the entrance of the hole, and flirt and peer and attitudinize, and then fly away crying “Thief, thief, thief!” at the top of his voice.

From Locusts and Wild Honey by Burroughs, John

They never do anything that I can see, except attitudinize.

From The Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge

To be a "conteur," to figure in "proverbs," to attitudinize, to produce a "sensation"—all these are purposes of ambition in foreign circles.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various