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Definition of Grandstanding
1. grandstand [v] - See also: grandstand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grandstanding
Literary usage of Grandstanding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Boy Writers: Reclaiming Their Voices by Ralph Fletcher (2006)
"The dictionary defines grandstanding as "performing ostentatiously so as to impress
... Grandstanding is a negative way to describe something (knowing and ..."
2. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (2003)
"... Mansion had been railroaded into approving a rehab, press-ganged into working
on it, and were now forced to endure the company of these grandstanding ..."
3. Intervention Or Neglect: The United States and Central America Beyond the 1980s by Linda Robinson (1991)
"... The government replied that proposals should only be made in secret to prevent
grandstanding. It also sought a joint commitment not to break off ..."
4. Dealignment: A New Foreign Policy Perspective by Mary Kaldor, Richard A. Falk, Gerard Holden (1987)
"John F. Kennedy would be allowed to march in Berlin, 'grandstanding' back home
in ways that most Europeans understood to be pure theatre, unrelated to the ..."
5. Medical Marijuana Referenda Movement in America: Hearing Before the edited by Bill McCollum (2001)
"It's the kind of cheap, political grandstanding that is out of place in a hearing
in this room. Mr. BARR. You can leave. You can leave. ..."
6. Modern Capital of Human Rights?: Abuses in the State of Georgia by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1996)
"In Georgia's current political climate, however, officials must take special care
to ensure that facile political grandstanding does not culminate in ..."
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