place in the sun

noun phrase

: a very good, successful, or desirable position

After years of struggling as an unknown actor, he has finally found his/a place in the sun.

Examples of place in the sun in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If you’re obsessed and determined to be poor and miserable, then stay and fight for your place in the sun. — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 3 June 2026

With a sprinkle of '80s nonsensical wit, Splash is an easy-breezy watch that finds its place in the sun by being ridiculously campy while grounding itself in earnestness, thanks to Hanks and Hannah's bewitching lead performances. — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026

Splendor in Scripture introduces us to Morgan’s spiritual side and also gives his library a place in the sun, dimmed by rules governing light exposures. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024

Rhymes for place in the sun

• anyone
• everyone
• megaton
• overdone
• overrun
• begun
• grandson
• gudrun
• handgun
• homespun
• outdone
• outrun