[
US
/ˈɡɹændˌstænd/
]
[ UK /ɡɹˈændstænd/ ]
[ UK /ɡɹˈændstænd/ ]
NOUN
- a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof
- the audience at a stadium or racetrack
VERB
-
perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause
She never misses a chance to grandstand
How To Use grandstand In A Sentence
- This process must proceed with dispatch, without posturing, without grandstanding, without empty words.
- After all, the impulse for political grandstanding is not purely an American one … Soft, Geeky Power
- It was a grandstand finish to a game in which West Ham were second best. The Sun
- He got a grandstand view of the poetry world and where poetry was heading - and a chance to think more deeply about poetry itself. The Times Literary Supplement
- Plans call for the demolition of the racetrack and grandstand to provide the necessary space for expansion.
- Gertie saw three of the smaller Dalys rush out of their kitchen and climb onto their coalshed as if to be prepared with a grandstand seat for some coming spectacle. The Dollmaker
- Instead of staying indoors, healthily watching a black and white screen – Grandstand, Hancock, Terry and June – they were out canvassing, attending ward meetings, collecting ministers' autographs, drafting position papers and generally behaving in a way unbefitting to young persons. The Ed Balls roadshow: enough to make you weep
- A furious player kicked his racket into the grandstand.
- These formal encounters are always an awkward mixture of grandstanding and highly technical wrangling about the terms of trade. Times, Sunday Times
- Critics feel that allowing television cameras into the courtroom will lead to grandstanding by lawyers.