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

Indeed, there are some clinicians who would argue that music therapy is underappreciated and that other behavioral techniques get too much of the limelight. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026

Despite no longer having a show, Stanger never completely left the limelight. —Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026

Behind the scenes, countless other volunteers and organizations are plugging away, preferring to stay out of the limelight. —Kyla Mandel, Time, 16 Jan. 2026

In Foster’s time away from the limelight, Hollywood missed her particular actorly touch with flintiness or with a hard edge — showing the delicacy that lies under a defense mechanism. —Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026

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