How to Use showboat in a Sentence

showboat

1 of 2 noun

• The fans like him, but the other players think he's a showboat.
• The city owns the showboat and does not fly a confederate flag.
  — David Bailey, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2017
• But a performance — even one as showboat-y as this — does not a movie make.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2017
• Yes, Weegee wasn’t only a showboat but a man with an eye for black humor.
  — Sarah Boxer, New York Times, 1 June 2018
• To be sure, for Donald Trump to call anyone a showboat is pretty rich, but . .
  — vanityfair.com, 8 June 2017
• To be sure, Newton’s showboat style puts some off – and his looks are not ones that most people can, or should try to, pull off.
  — Cristina Bolling, charlotteobserver, 18 July 2017
• Rickles, ever the showboat, used to roast De Niro on a daily basis on the set, which would always make the crew laugh.
  — Yohana Desta, HWD, 25 Sep. 2017
• His failed showboat dunk from early in the season was reason enough to get some dunking lessons.
  — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2017
• Metcalfe said Barrera at a young age had a tendency to show a lazy streak or showboat.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 4 Oct. 2020
• It was viewed as a showboat move by some, but when the bill passed, members of Congress and their staffs recognized Marler.
  — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2020
• Beyond the showboat rib, the menu brought both surprises and solid standouts.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2021
• These rough-hewn showboats of the log drive are put together at the upper end of the river and follow the riverjacks downstream—tying up along the bank each night.
  — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
• Then there's all the eye rolling over what a self-aggrandizing showboat Cheney is being.
  — Frank Bruni New York Times, Star Tribune, 10 May 2021
• Despite the game being stopped, Curry continued towards the basket to throw down a showboat dunk just for fun.
  — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
• In 2000, the showboat was destroyed by fire during a renovation project.
  — Josh Verges, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2019
• Tammy Faye, meanwhile, is a vivacious believer who falls in love with Jim and is happy to hitch herself to the choo-choo train of his showboat faith.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2021
• A full 16 years and a world removed from the day the American snowboardcross racer gave away the gold medal with a showboat move near the finish line, Jacobellis rode hard to the end and won it.
  — Eddie Pells and Pat Graham, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2022
• And the Omura’s keeps a relatively low profile compared to showboats like humpbacks, which make eye-catching leaps out of the water.
  — National Geographic, 10 Feb. 2016
• And the Omura’s keeps a relatively low profile compared to showboats like humpbacks, which make eye-catching leaps out of the water.
  — National Geographic, 10 Feb. 2016
• But Trump supporters see Comey as a grandstanding showboat who politicized the Russia probe -- a total nut job.
  — The Tylt, cleveland.com, 19 May 2017
• For an actor, there’s an obvious showboat appeal to playing a serious out-of-control drunk.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022
• Marian is the opposite of a showboat, but Foster dims her radiance more than is necessary.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022
• That would be the bellowing showboat Khalif, who spews venom into the faces of stone-faced police officers in public, knowing they are prohibited from even twitching.
  — Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 28 Aug. 2017
• The only thing that outstaged Cruise's showboat helicopter entrance was that magnificent hair – entirely brown and bouncy.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 July 2022
• It's been a story of redemption for Jacobellis, who infamously won an Olympic silver in 2006 after throwing away her lead while attempting to showboat.
  — Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 12 Feb. 2022
• Pogba is undoubtedly a magnificent player but does love to showboat.
  — SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• While the Democratic House anguished over articles of impeachment and wasted time on showboat-y oversight hearings, Trump could lament their obstruction and radicalism.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 31 July 2018
• Mank is no documentary but a semifactual yarn that burnishes the legend of the showboat, nasty wit, and habitual roisterer who wrote Citizen Kane.
  — Carl Rollyson, The New York Review of Books, 5 Jan. 2021
• There are no showboat solos, but there are plenty of piano phrases that are by turns handsome and pretty as the set becomes an entertaining celebration of a most accomplished accompanist.
  — Steven Wine, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
• Trump and his supporters see Comey as a political showboat who was obstructing his presidency, while the left are starting to see Comey as a political outsider who fell victim to obstruction of justice.
  — The Tylt, AL.com, 19 May 2017

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showboat

2 of 2 verb

• She was showboating for the cameras when she tripped and fell.
• Puig paces the price when that happens: No one looks good showboating a fly-out.
  — Ted Berg, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2017
• The Trump walkouts on squabbling, showboating Democrats, like the walk out on Kim in Hanoi, have broadcast his go-to move.
  — Hugh Hewitt, Twin Cities, 5 June 2019
• Cedi Osman, bless his soul, tried to showboat on a breakaway dunk after a steal and bricked it.
  — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• Comedians Kinsey and Beatriz play their parts looser, like back-up singers free to showboat on the mic.
  — Amy Nicholson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• Joshua looked frustrated at times, and even showboated in the seventh round by walking into Takam’s range with his arms out and head down, then shaking his head as Takam threw a punch.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2017
• Mr Johnson’s shambolic, showboating style is not just a way of getting his message across.
  — The Economist, 23 July 2019
• But in and around that, Carrington caught some passes on the field, showboated often, and graduated from college.
  — John Canzano, OregonLive.com, 15 July 2017
• Drew prefers ’70s funk to hip-hop, drives a retro van outfitted with an 8-track tape, and enjoys lecturing showboating youngsters about the fundamental unselfishness of the game, when played well.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 June 2018
• This time Fischer held back for no one, laying on so thick an orchestral accompaniment that Thibaudet had one option only — to showboat.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• In the early 2010s, direct-to-consumer companies showboated.
  — Burt Helm, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017
• Once there, apparently to maintain the suspense, the showboating raccoon began moving around the 17th floor, rather than climbing or descending farther.
  — Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, 13 June 2018
• There are no showboating gestures here, only a bone-deep commitment to showing us the lives of individuals often relegated to the cinematic sidelines, to the extent that the movies even notice them all.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2019
• Olmert describes Barak as a formalistic, showboating defense minister unwilling to take a firm yes or no position on launching a bombing even while claiming credit.
  — Noga Tarnopolsky, latimes.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• What did the six hours of Democratic hectoring, interrupting, demanding, insulting and showboating yield?
  — Karl Rove, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
• These resignations were just showboating by individuals upset with President Trump and Secretary Zinke.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 19 Jan. 2018
• This showboating behavior is irresponsible, reckless, & potentially dangerous.
  — Fox News, 10 Apr. 2018
• She was showboating for the cameras when she tripped and fell.
• Puig paces the price when that happens: No one looks good showboating a fly-out.
  — Ted Berg, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2017
• The Trump walkouts on squabbling, showboating Democrats, like the walk out on Kim in Hanoi, have broadcast his go-to move.
  — Hugh Hewitt, Twin Cities, 5 June 2019
• Cedi Osman, bless his soul, tried to showboat on a breakaway dunk after a steal and bricked it.
  — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 11 Feb. 2018
• Comedians Kinsey and Beatriz play their parts looser, like back-up singers free to showboat on the mic.
  — Amy Nicholson, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• Joshua looked frustrated at times, and even showboated in the seventh round by walking into Takam’s range with his arms out and head down, then shaking his head as Takam threw a punch.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2017
• Mr Johnson’s shambolic, showboating style is not just a way of getting his message across.
  — The Economist, 23 July 2019
• But in and around that, Carrington caught some passes on the field, showboated often, and graduated from college.
  — John Canzano, OregonLive.com, 15 July 2017
• Drew prefers ’70s funk to hip-hop, drives a retro van outfitted with an 8-track tape, and enjoys lecturing showboating youngsters about the fundamental unselfishness of the game, when played well.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 June 2018
• This time Fischer held back for no one, laying on so thick an orchestral accompaniment that Thibaudet had one option only — to showboat.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• In the early 2010s, direct-to-consumer companies showboated.
  — Burt Helm, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017
• Once there, apparently to maintain the suspense, the showboating raccoon began moving around the 17th floor, rather than climbing or descending farther.
  — Andrea Park, Teen Vogue, 13 June 2018
• There are no showboating gestures here, only a bone-deep commitment to showing us the lives of individuals often relegated to the cinematic sidelines, to the extent that the movies even notice them all.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2019

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