Sentence examples for posturing an from inspiring English sources

The justice minister, Penuell Maduna, said last week that unless more apartheid officials volunteered information about their crimes, the government might resort to "many miniature Nuremberg-type trials".He may have been posturing; an election is due in April.

Critics dismiss these efforts as mere political posturing, an effort to obscure the profound divide on abortion's morality and legality.

Some of their complaints are classic political posturing — an attempt to avoid oversight by claiming it will hurt the larger economy.

This may be more posturing, an attempt to make a show of support for the conservative values associated with the Russian President, but it will be a big problem for him should he retake the Presidency.

In part a satire on male posturing — an elaborate handshake crosses from street jive into Three Stooges territory — the film toys with feminine posturing too but is serious about male pain.

Mr. Hawke admirably avoids the temptation of glamorous Byronic posturing, an attitude Chekhov was doing his best to deromanticize but one that many a matinee idol has fallen into in playing Ivanov.

One suspects that these tech leaders were posturing a bit really, no screens?

One suspects that these tech leaders were posturing a bit — really, no screens?

He was just posturing for a better deal.

If it means posturing as a moderate, so be it.

Otherwise, the interviews are friendly volleys, a little posturing, a lot of promotion, some gossip.