Antonyms for posturing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pos-cher

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒs tʃər

Definition of posturing

Origin : c.1600, from French posture (16c.), from Italian postura "position, posture," from Latin positura "position, station," from postulus, past participle of ponere "put, place" (see position (n.)).

verb display an attitude

Example sentences :

There was an extraordinary force of suggestion in this posturing.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Remember that while you're posturing in your little hour of glory on Athena and Earth.
Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin

She began at once calling and posturing, clearly for our benefit.
Extract from : « Little Brothers of the Air » by Olive Thorne Miller

What a statue gallery of posturing friends we all have in our memory!
Extract from : « The Poet at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Music (it is called by that name) and posturing fill up the intervals.
Extract from : « Due West » by Maturin Murray Ballou

That fat, posturing toad lied to them and they still honor him.
Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea

I am tired of posturing as one of Daudet's 'Kings in Exile.'
Extract from : « A Son of the Immortals » by Louis Tracy

My "posturing," then, as the girl called it, was ridiculous.
Extract from : « The Lady of Lynn » by Walter Besant

I began by practicing what is known in the profession as posturing.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of a Clown » by Isaac Frederick Marcosson

There is no posturing and fantastic dancing, but genuine acting.
Extract from : « The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe » by Ernest Young

Synonyms for posturing

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