Sentence examples for showy act from inspiring English sources
Some of her other relatives worried that she was wasting her degree on either a bout of religious mania or a showy act of youthful self-denial.
The UK Film Council was officially wound up at the end of March, a showy act from this coalition government, annulling a Labour creation on the grounds of high salaries and cronyism, but transferring much of its budget and responsibilities to the British Film Institute.
His most visible, showy act of athleticism may have been a moment late in Game 7 of the Finals against Miami, in 2013, when he missed a running hook shot and then the follow-up tip, and then, after running back on defense and getting into defensive stance, slapped the floor with the palm of his hand so hard that I actually grabbed my own hand in pain.
The book's chapter on it begins with a stark question: "Was the movie responsible for the assassination attempt on President Reagan John Hinckley Jr.Jr., who wounded Reagan in 1981, wanted to impress Jodie Foster, who played a child prostitute, by committing the kind of showy act of violence that Robert De Niro's troubled character Travis Bickle commits in the film to save her).
Some advocates argue for showy acts of civil disobedience.
A third French film, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's Actresses is a portrait of a real drama queen, Marcelline, an actress who upon learning that her time is running out to have children finds her role onstage in A Month in the Country provides her with ample, showy ways to act out and collapse in front of an audience as she tries to find a man who might help her out with the baby part.
Showy pintxos are the star act (from around €1.50), but for around €5 you can get a plateful of callos y morros (tripe and snout) or black pudding and rice with peppers, and – unusually – the possibility of a seat.
This doesn't just remind him of the streets; it reminds him of light entertainment — an "act," short and showy, perfect, say, for the music videos in which, for the past two decades, underpaid b-boys (including Harris) have rotated on their clavicles behind the singers.
Mr. Carmichael's breathless, bravura monologue late in the second act, is a fine, showy display.
It's better to know your stuff than to act all cool and showy and act as if you understand.
