grandstander

Example Sentences

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He deflected Trump’s jabs by joking he was at least “second rate” as a grandstander.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024

But, unlike many in politics, he’s not a media-seeking grandstander.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2020

“He is not a grandstander, which the bureau needs because we shouldn’t know who the director of the FBI is.”

From Washington Times • Sep. 1, 2019

He is the offstage presence, the opposite of a grandstander, even with the report having been made published.

From Fox News • May 2, 2019

Perhaps Gibson was a grandstander, a glory seeker, after all—but was he to be blamed if what he sought above all else was the admiration of one like Consuello?

From Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles by Richardson, James H.