posturing

Example Sentences

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After last week’s debate, there was lots of social media posturing about who won and who trolled whom the best.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Bragging, threatening, and posturing are all frowned upon.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

In a “risk-on” market, investors rush to buy up stocks that had been especially beaten down during prior bouts of defensive posturing, noted Cantor Fitzgerald’s C.J.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

"Do you know what? I might have just been posturing in that interview, 'cos I'm terrified of stuff like that," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

He drops the formal posturing and leans close, the smugness rolling off him so thickly that I think I’ll choke on it.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir