grandstand play
Example Sentences
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This isn’t a grandstand play on my part; I’ve discovered—and you can see it in other entertainers—when they don’t reach out to the audience, nothing happens.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2012
It was a characteristically Rubinsteinian feat�part grandstand play, part musical passion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, still ailing and still talking of retirement, the 73-year-old Premier launched a desperate grandstand play to prolong his political life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most students applauded, but to Savio, Kerr's position was "totally inacceptable," and the university was set up for a perfect grandstand play.
From Time Magazine Archive
So leave me alone with your last big efforts—and grandstand play for glory.
From Stand by for Mars! by Glanzman, Louis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
