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
Understand, when I say he's a grandstander I don't mean that he isn't sincere in his crusade to clean up the city.
From Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles by James H. Richardson
