Sentence examples for posturing at from inspiring English sources

"This is posturing at best and poor politics at worst… The new prime minister is not likely to address the Tamil issue for quite a while, saddled as he is with a faltering economy.

One former minister told me "this was always going to be a defeat", so the prime minister had "wasted a large amount of capital" and his determination to "stand up for UK interests" (as David Cameron himself puts it) has involved "a lot of posturing at a lot of cost".

They may both be posturing at trying to help people who are only of interest to Washington every four years.

Posturing at venues cherry-picked for fawning Western coverage ― churches in Egypt, the World Economic Forum in Davos ― Sisi has presented himself as a leader of reform within Islam.

The Republican side, now that we're down to two real candidates, seems to be symmetrical: Ted Cruz is also posturing at opposing free trade, but I don't think he really means it.

Obama is posturing at being a progressive on domestic social issues while refusing to crack down on Wall Street fraud, and promoting Bush-style war on terror military interventions.

"I haven't seen any threatening posture at all".

It's the posture – at ease, but ready to handle a spot of bother.

They even look alike, with their glasses and short grey hair, their posture at the piano.

I can even clearly remember my exact expression and posture at the time.

However, keen readers can change their posture at frequent intervals, holding the book in a different position.