grand·stand
ˈgran(d)-ˌstand 
1
: a usually roofed stand for spectators at a racecourse or stadium
2
: audience
: done for show or to impress onlookers
grandstanded; grandstanding; grandstands
: to play or act so as to impress onlookers
Examples of grandstand in a Sentence
Adjective
The outfielder made a grandstand play out of what should have been a routine catch.
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Matt Slater, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Seeing yard markers on the turf in the infield, along with packed grandstands filling roughly three-quarters of the way around the track, created a vivid memory for the recent NASCAR Cup Series champion who spent much of his upbringing in High Point.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2025
Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023
After a nearly fatal case of COVID-19, Minnesota pianist Nachito Herrera will play a mini-grandstand concert.
—Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2025
So, all of this grandstanding about Panama, or renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, is going to alienate nationalists in Latin America, some of whom might’ve been sympathetic to Trump.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Work is also being done to improve the grandstand concourses and there are plans to fill in the two corners of the ground that remain open to the elements.
—Matt Slater, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Seeing yard markers on the turf in the infield, along with packed grandstands filling roughly three-quarters of the way around the track, created a vivid memory for the recent NASCAR Cup Series champion who spent much of his upbringing in High Point.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Grandstand seats start at $2,500; hospitality packages in the main grandstand start at $10,000.
—Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023
After a nearly fatal case of COVID-19, Minnesota pianist Nachito Herrera will play a mini-grandstand concert.
—Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
Verb
When those ten are selected, cheers ring out from the coliseum grandstands, for these animals are all but guaranteed to attract $20,000 to $30,000 at auction.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2025
So, all of this grandstanding about Panama, or renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, is going to alienate nationalists in Latin America, some of whom might’ve been sympathetic to Trump.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Grandstand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandstand. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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