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in the limelight
Also, in the spotlight. At the center of public attention or notoriety. For example, John loves being in the limelight, or The reporters made sure the attractive new actress would be in the spotlight. Both terms come from the theater and allude to focusing light on an important person, the first from a lighting device used from about 1840 on, the second from the early 1900s. Also see in the public eye; steal the show.
Example Sentences
"The way you look aesthetically and fuelling as an athlete are two conflicting ideals. That's hard for anybody in the limelight."
Decades later, those moments and the others that went on to define the pop star and her very public unravelling are back in the limelight - but what exactly happened and why depends on who is doing the retelling.
She clearly thrives in the limelight and embraces the glamour that comes with being her country's most celebrated foody.
In a relatively short amount of time in the limelight, Qualley, a daughter of fellow actor Andie MacDowell, has stepped far from her mother’s shadow and repudiated claims of nepotistic privilege the old-fashioned way: with terrific, hard work.
In an interview with Stereogum, Ebert said he was shocked his era in the limelight was coming around for reevaluation so quickly.
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