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

Slot has stayed quiet and out of the limelight since he was sacked by Liverpool a week after the end of his second season in charge, instead choosing to do the talking in his own head. — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 31 July 2026

But even if the lovebirds are tightly micromanaged behind the scenes, there's no substitute for lived experience as the pair have grown visibly more comfortable just being themselves in the limelight. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 July 2026

Time and again, TV shows, movies and cultural touchstones like the Coachella festival thrust legacy acts into the limelight. — David Deal, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Gordon is a former Amazon software engineer who at the beginning coded every line herself and didn’t naturally gravitate toward the limelight. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 29 July 2026

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