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
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
The current flap over the sudden awakening of these men to the un-American nature of their clubs seems to smack more of the old grandstand play than of any enlightenment.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was this grandstand play which made Dick Whitney president of the Exchange next year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of throwing it to center, however, she tried to make a grandstand play and threw it the entire length of the gymnasium to the waiting forward.
From The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
