attitudinize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of attitudinize
1775–85; attitudin- ( see attitudinarian) + -ize
Example Sentences
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They never do anything that I can see, except attitudinize.
From The Jonathan Papers by Morris, Elisabeth Woodbridge
One of the rare women who never pout or attitudinize, she could fling her glove gracefully—one might add, capturingly under every aspect, she was a handsome belligerent.
From The Amazing Marriage — Complete by Meredith, George
A jay would alight in the entrance of the hole, and flirt and peer and attitudinize, and then fly away crying "Thief, thief, thief," at the top of his voice.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Warner, Charles Dudley
When I went in it seemed to me that he was inclined to attitudinize in the orthodox pose of a statesman, and I felt that he was not himself.
From Forty Years of 'Spy' by Ward, Leslie
One of the rare women who never pout or attitudinize, she could fling her glove gracefully— one might add, capturingly under every aspect, she was a handsome belligerent.
From The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5 by Meredith, George
While two yellow-robed girls stood sentry-like at each side of the chancel, Miss Schirmer postured, gestured and attitudinized.
From Time Magazine Archive
He received occasional assistance from his companions, who struck up choruses or attitudinized with mirthful effect.
From The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. by Weylland, John Matthias
So Charlie attitudinized unnoticed and was getting rather out of temper when Phebe began to sing, and he forgot all about himself in admiration of her.
From Rose in Bloom by Alcott, Louisa May
Turning and smiling over her shoulder, she bent and swayed and attitudinized.
From Maida's Little Shop by Gillmore, Inez Haynes
While the bombardment was going on at Avron he exposed himself freely to the fire, but instead of superintending the operations he attitudinized and made speeches.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
With deft tonal shifts and acrobatic attitudinizing, Pinchot charges in at a pace rather fast for audiobook narration, but perfectly matching Kidd’s hyperkinetic prose.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2022
With all its spinning and attitudinizing to a jazz track by Wynton Marsalis, it can seem like simple release.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2021
Dixon’s direction of the white actors’ performances exposes the dual meaning of the term “bad actors”: the officials’ fat-cat presumptions and facile attitudinizing are mocked in the characters’ exaggerated B-movie cadences.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 20, 2018
Wars in Liberia, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Libya — the world's open wounds — were vocation destinations for this English photojournalist, whose pictures had the impact of stark truth stripped of political attitudinizing.
From Time ● Apr. 21, 2011
"Is she posing—is she attitudinizing for my benefit?"
From Confidence by James, Henry
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