showboat

How To Use showboat In A Sentence

• Lets hope her constituents rise up in the next election and oust this unqualified and opportunitistic showboater who only won by running against an unpopular and dying incumbent. Archive 2009-08-01
• But she was criticized as a showboat for her victory prance around the field with an enormous fake gold medal dangling from her neck and a cell phone pressed to her ear. The Bad Girl of Women’s Soccer
• They voice their concern that Jordan won't stop showboating when they're filming her.
• The professor has a tendency to showboat beafore his classes.
• But he's running the risk he'll be remembered more as a showboat than one of the better wide receivers of his time.
• I thought that given a better part he could have fulfilled the promise he showed but not as the stereotyped gambler with a heart, which has so littered the American musical scene since Gaylord Ravenal applied for a job on a showboat.
• There seems to be a subtle hint that Edwards is an ambitious showboater who just wants to be president. Compare And Contrast: Hillary Camp's Approach To Obama Vs. Approach To Edwards
• When he scored his fourth goal of the afternoon, we were forced to forgive his showboating and other antics.
• By now it should be clear that even the most rousing display of "passion" – the sleeve rolling, the finger wagging – is as much about showboating as any prancing triple stepover. Arsenal's failure to win trophies is not down to faint hearts | Barney Ronay
• He's a showboat outfielder who's famous for his flamboyant catches.