How to Use in the best light in a Sentence

in the best light

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  • Homes do best when well-maintained, updated and staged to present in the best light.
    Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 23 July 2023
  • As the producer or importer, who better to show those wares in the best light?
    Benjamin Crudo, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Even the stories that don’t paint you in the best light are the most powerful for the audience.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Memories are tricky things, and people always try to present themselves in the best light.
    Wilson Chapman, Variety, 11 May 2022
  • Today, Wyatt states that she wasn’t always portrayed in the best light on the show.
    Veronica Wells, Essence, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The league wants its teams showcased in the best light, and Disney wants its characters to shine.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
  • People who didn’t see law enforcement officers in the best light.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Hope and positivity are shining down on you and people will be sure to view you in the best light.
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Debates are notorious as a place for candidates to misrepresent, spin, and flat-out lie to cast their record and their plans in the best light.
    Vox Staff, Vox, 27 June 2024
  • Representing the country in the best light possible is a privilege and an honor.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 6 Aug. 2024
  • But presenting her in the best light — literally — posed difficulties at first.
    Donald Bogle, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
  • President Joe Biden, who is well aware of this trend, has tried to put his economic record in the best light in speeches and social media.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Tomlinson is gently adamant about presenting Minnesota cooking in the best light.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2022
  • However, the agency did try to portray China in the best light, likely as a means to secure more information.
    Fox News, 3 June 2020
  • Even the quotidian personal musings on the sites are quasi authentic as people attempt to portray themselves in the best light.
    Editorial Board, Star Tribune, 5 May 2021
  • Trans individuals, up until recently, have not been represented in the best light.
    Mark Elzey, refinery29.com, 21 Feb. 2021
  • Product launches deserve a charismatic on-camera or voice-over talent, with high-quality imagery and video inserts to put the new product in the best light.
    Scott Murray, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • So today, trade shows are about branding, relationships, marketing and trying to display and merchandise your product in the best light.
    Doug Schnitzspahn, Outside Online, 13 May 2016
  • Romantic, empowering, emotional, and raw, the project showcases her smoky voice and honest songwriting in the best light.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Clean the dog hair out of the corner Even with fewer choices and sellers still very much in the driver’s seat, making sure a property is shown in the best light remains one of the basics.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2022
  • Images of your work setup without an inspiring message, generic rambles that don't connect, and anything that doesn't portray you in the best light wastes everyone's time.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Of course, scientists that invested years of their life in nitty-gritty research are interested in visualizing it in the best light possible.
    IEEE Spectrum, 17 May 2019
  • Aside from designing beautiful clothing, Theophilio promotes beautiful stories that highlight Black culture in the best light.
    Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 11 Nov. 2021
  • His in-game decisions in the first round against Edmonton, some of which proved disastrous, didn’t put him in the best light, even after one of the best regular seasons in Kings history.
    Eric Stephens, New York Times, 6 May 2025
  • Ensure your business is represented in the best light across social media, as Instagram or Facebook are often the first places a potential customer will look.
    Adam Petrilli, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Behind every major celebrity or company, there is a visionary that steers the ship on creating a public image that highlights their client in the best light — those visionaries are called publicists.
    Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The footage doesn’t exactly paint Timberlake in the best light, particularly considering his staunch denials that he was intoxicated.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Information on school districts, proximity to landmarks and attractions and coming-soon building developments help showcase the property in the best light by building auxiliary value.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Admittedly, there are no perfect questions, and interviewers are clearly wired to present the organization in the best light possible, but even minimally ethical interviewers should feel some responsibility to be reasonably truthful.
    Dana Brownlee, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023

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