How to Use the limelight in a Sentence

the limelight

noun

• Junger is back in the limelight this month.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 14 Nov. 2025
• Warkol has since stepped away from the limelight.
  — Keith Langston, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• But her time in the limelight has been in the works for more than half her life.
  — Martina Ibáñez-Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Larry does not shy away from the limelight.
  — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 13 May 2026
• Maurice isn’t one for the limelight.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
• His urge to stay out of the limelight extends to his hobbies.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 June 2025
• Still, a decade in the limelight is better than nothing at all.
  — Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 27 May 2024
• Harding lived her life away from the limelight in the years that followed.
  — Brendan Le, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024
• Simpson's children are all adults and tend to stay out of the limelight.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
• They’ve been thrusted into the limelight of this team, which is a big ask.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2022
• In the film, where events take place over a week, Callas has stepped out of the limelight, too.
  — Ellie O'Mahoney, The Week Uk, theweek, 6 Sep. 2024
• But being in the limelight means having to check people from time to time.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 6 Jan. 2026
• Katherine is seldom in the limelight, though.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 May 2026
• But much of Thomas’ work is grassroots driven and out of the limelight.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
• But since suffering a stroke last year, Foxx had stayed out of the limelight.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
• Doctors and lawyers live here but not celebrities basking in the limelight.
  — Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
• The company appears stuck in the limelight, like it or not.
  — Ella Lee, The Hill, 25 Mar. 2026
• Nvidia earnings, out Wednesday, are in the limelight this week.
  — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
• Apples, berries, maple syrup, and more are begging for a little time in the limelight.
  — Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
• Cissie and her husband have since retracted from the limelight.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
• Yet, until this week, the heir-in-waiting had not yet stepped into the limelight at home.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2023
• But all of them have had to share the limelight with the great Italian footballers of the age.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
• The show has been cutting edge and pushed both stars into the limelight with their witty jokes and strong plot lines.
  — Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
• Rebel has been out of the limelight for most of his life, and intentionally so.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025
• The piece was sold to an anonymous buyer; now, of course, it’s made its way back into the limelight.
  — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2026
• Has being in the limelight affected your mental health over the years?
  — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 25 June 2025
• Like her older sister, Harper was brought up away from the limelight.
  — Emily Weaver, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
• Chances of Santos staying in the limelight and causing more headaches seem high.
  — Emily Brooks, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
• Recently, plastic has been in the limelight but for the wrong reasons.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
• And now, Reeve-Rabb is thrilled that casting is getting its time in the limelight.
  — Spenser Mestel, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025