Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
grandstander .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word grandstanders.
Examples
-
For reporters and columnists to keep referring to grandstanders like Michelle Rhee, Chris Christie, and Scott Walker as "courageous" because they are willing to take on the "firmly entrenched teachers' unions" is lazy reporting and that is being charitable.
Randy Turner: Gutless Media Has Failed American Schools Randy Turner 2011
-
For reporters and columnists to keep referring to grandstanders like Michelle Rhee, Chris Christie, and Scott Walker as "courageous" because they are willing to take on the "firmly entrenched teachers' unions" is lazy reporting and that is being charitable.
Randy Turner: Gutless Media Has Failed American Schools Randy Turner 2011
-
She contemptuously dismisses as "grandstanders" the courageous politicians who have faced down their leadership and their President in order to push for genuine reform.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: Getting Real: Ten Myths Behind Progressive Support for the Senate Health Bill RJ 2009
-
She contemptuously dismisses as "grandstanders" the courageous politicians who have faced down their leadership and their President in order to push for genuine reform.
The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy 2009
-
I really liked the article too - about how statistics designed to notice and reward grandstanders render players like Battier invisible and about how the subtle ways he edges the odds in favor of his team result in greater success in the long run than more flamboyant single plays.
-
The choice we have before us is to either keep the ban, or allow unreliable grandstanders like Daniel Choi toserve.
-
Kit Marley, Jenny Casey, Morgan le Fey, Solomon Todd are a few of my own grandstanders.
i smoke my friends down to the filter buymeaclue 2009
-
The choice we have before us is to either keep the ban, or allow unreliable grandstanders like Daniel Choi toserve.
-
Personally, I'd like to see the grandstanders shelve the symbolism and the perceptions and start dealing in the real world. sarah68
-
I wish Senator Kyl and his Republican grandstanders would announce a date when they will stop trying to obstruct all legislation to restore this nation they destroyed.
Kyl: By announcing date, Obama has 'complicated' Afghan war 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.