grandstanding

Example Sentences

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You have the extremes that call the ball on so many debates, partly I guess it’s social media, TikTok, it’s the grandstanding by members.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

We’re going to have to get to a place where long-term deliberation is possible instead of short-term Instagram and TikTok, like little bits of information grandstanding as serious insight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Hitler discovered that courtrooms were the perfect platform for his political grandstanding.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2024

"It's histrionics and grandstanding," said John Bursch, of the Alliance Defending Freedom.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

What was meaningful to voters and what was just grandstanding, though, I wasn’t quite sure.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama