center of attraction, the

Idioms  

1. Something or someone that attracts the most interest or curiosity. For example, The Ferris wheel is always the center of attraction at our carnival, or Jan is the center of attraction wherever she goes. This expression comes from physics, where since about 1770 it has denoted the point to which bodies tend by gravity or the action of centripetal force.

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Example Sentences

She is the center of attraction, the guardian of the infant’s destiny; and none like she, can overrule the unfolding life and character of the child.

From The Christian Home by Philips, Samuel

The shoe became the center of attraction, the center of all eyes.

From Something New by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Claude was everywhere present, the center of attraction, the observed of all observers.

From Homespun Tales by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Two o'clock found me one of the throng pressing toward the center of attraction, the blue room.

From Luke Walton by Alger, Horatio

She laughed and talked; she was the center of attraction, the life of the fête.

From Wife in Name Only by Brame, Charlotte M.