Sentence examples for showmanship of it from inspiring English sources

"There is massive buying on the secondary market by venture guys just for the showmanship of it," he said.

Historically it was done for dramatic purposes, often at tableside by Gallic waiters in immaculate dress, the dish ignited for suitably impressed diners who enjoyed the skill, the perceived danger, and most of all the showmanship of it all.

It lasted a single season but, like their other projects, helped expose the brand and the cheeky showmanship of its founders to the public.

My grief was genuine, yet still, no matter how hard I fought, there was an element of showmanship to it, the hope that someone might say, "You look like you just lost your best friend".

Dreicer's routine when he went into a restaurant to challenge it to serve him a perfect steak had quite a bit of showmanship to it as is related in the Sun Sentinel obit.

Take over the entire top floor of the office tower known as the Pointe, fill it with 250 of the city's government and business movers and shakers dressed as witches, devils, pirates, goths, ghouls, goblins, clowns and various pop-culture icons, throw in the musical showmanship of the Spazmatics, have it all benefit a good cause, and what do you get?

"There is no point in adding elements of showmanship if it isn't fun," Mr. Guidara said.

It is obvious that Mike Veeck has his father's sense of showmanship when it comes to promoting his team.

"It's a little showmanship, of course," Cwilich Gil said.

Though it is finally more a work of showmanship than scholarship, it affirms Ms. Goldstein's position as a satirist and a seeker of real moral questions at a time when silly ones prevail.

I found it highly entertaining but without the edgy showmanship of the theatrical divertissements of Penn & Teller.