the limelight

noun

: public attention or notice thought of as a bright light that shines on someone

She is a very private woman who never sought the limelight.

When his new book caused an unexpected controversy, he was thrust into the limelight once again.

He doesn't like having to share the limelight with other actors.

Examples of the limelight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed sum was reached that February, and Prince Andrew has been outside of the limelight since then, except for major family events. —Janine Henni, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025

The anger may have contributed to his decision to remain outside the limelight in his retirement despite Trump’s public criticisms of him. —Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 15 Apr. 2025

Here are four very different watches, each designed to steal the limelight (and a chunk of some pay checks). —Robin Swithinbank, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025

His embracing of the limelight — and his harnessing of it through proactive words or actions — arguably could be exactly what the Giants need to climb out of irrelevance. —Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025

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