Used in a Sentence

grandstand

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for grandstand.

Editorial note

The MP can grandstand in front of an audience grilling Google in a public hearing every day, it means nothing.

Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The seating area at a stadium or arena; the bleachers.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of grandstand gathered in one view.

noun

The seating area at a stadium or arena; the bleachers.

noun

The audience at a public event.

verb

(intransitive) To behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers; to pander to a crowd.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grandstand.

noun

The seating area at a stadium or arena; the bleachers.

noun

The audience at a public event.

verb

(intransitive) To behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers; to pander to a crowd.

Example sentences

1

The MP can grandstand in front of an audience grilling Google in a public hearing every day, it means nothing.

2

But they don't because mass shootings is where the news is and that's where the people who need to grandstand go to push their agenda.

3

Not trying to grandstand here but the article has misleading info (and may well be astroturf), that's all.

4

The disingenuous way you used my reply to grandstand is a great teenage doucher move tho.

5

This is how you grandstand to promote yourself at the cost of other people's security.

6

Or are you just using his death to grandstand on some anti-environmentalist rant?

7

When you're going to grandstand, you should have more content/paragraph ratio.

8

On the other hand, there are fewer opportunities for politicians to grandstand on the issue, and companies don't have to join the voluntary self-regulation body.

9

It's very easy to grandstand something like this either way.

10

The NDP wants to debate this to essentially grandstand.

11

It looks like you're using this post to grandstand.

12

Not because people actually thought it was relevant, but because politicians can't pass up a chance to grandstand by invoking something that people have strong opinions on.

Quote examples

1

The whole "FSF created open source!" is post-hoc ergo propter-hoc rationalization to grandstand and justify his campaign.

2

"Last-mile" broadband need-not be a 'national' issue except to the extent national politicians want to grandstand about it.

3

I don't disagree with anything you said here, especially this statement above, but it seriously undermines the blog post and makes it sound more like "PostgreSQL is the latest hawtness, so we're going with that and grandstand about it for publicity".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use grandstand in a sentence?

The MP can grandstand in front of an audience grilling Google in a public hearing every day, it means nothing.

What does grandstand mean?

The seating area at a stadium or arena; the bleachers.

What part of speech is grandstand?

grandstand is commonly used as noun, verb.