How to Use limelight in a Sentence

limelight

noun

• Chandler is not the type of person to bask in the limelight.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2022
• But the company has shied away from the limelight in the wake of the Uvalde shooting.
  — Tom Foreman, CNN, 30 May 2022
• And now the Belnord is once again in the limelight, thanks to the Hulu series.
  — New York Times, 27 June 2022
• The way his wife and children tell it, Clemons largely stayed out of the limelight.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2022
• The win has thrust her back into the limelight in Iran and has caused a backlash.
  — Mohammed Abdelbary, CNN, 3 June 2022
• Born between her brothers, Michael and Thomas, Anne would be the one to grow up in the limelight.
  — Jacorey Moon, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
• This isn't the first time Blake has spoken about taking a step back from the limelight.
  — Katherine Tinsley, Good Housekeeping, 6 Mar. 2022
• The World Games gives it a chance to stay in the limelight and perhaps one day return to Olympic glory.
  — al, 19 July 2022
• Here are some of them: Highlands College, founded by the Church of the Highlands, was in the limelight this year.
  — al, 30 Dec. 2021
• Dani is a bona fide megastar, and Prince Jameson wants nothing to do with a life in the limelight.
  — Adriana Herrera, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
• The program has lost no relevance, just the old lion’s share of the limelight.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 4 Apr. 2022
• The boys have grown up in the spotlight and their own wives and families have gotten the same harsh limelight.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
• Laurene Powell Jobs doesn’t tend to court the limelight.
  — Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2022
• But now, the couple has decided to step back and keep most of their moments out of the limelight.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 16 Feb. 2022
• In his four-year tenure, Hurley has brought the program back to the limelight but hasn’t made into out of the first round.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 18 Mar. 2022
• The week before against Green Bay, safety Kerby Joseph took his turn in the limelight.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2022
• All of the sudden, the public high school was making waves in the state limelight because of one player.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2023
• TikTok star Boomer brought this old tune back into the limelight.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2022
• All of a sudden, you were thrust into the limelight, coming off the biggest show on the planet.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022
• The couple has largely stayed out of the limelight during the Platinum Jubilee events.
  — Sylvia Hui, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2022
• Others argue younger skaters deserve the limelight and shouldn't have to wait for an Olympic chance.
  — James Ellingworth, ajc, 16 Feb. 2022
• Others argue younger skaters deserve the limelight and shouldn’t have to wait for an Olympic chance.
  — James Ellingworth, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2022
• Those featured in the film were thrust into the limelight and their lives were forever changed.
  — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• If Mother Nature does come through, Nov. 18 might still be denied its time in the limelight.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
• Kourtney’s step further into the limelight feels, for lack of a better word, good.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2022
• In a meta twist, the musical also reflects on the state of Bugs Bunny after so many years in the limelight.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 15 June 2022
• This should be the year the state strides confidently into the Super Bowl snack limelight.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023
• Of course a man this busy is plotting his eventual exit from the limelight.
  — New York Times, 6 May 2022
• If Newsom wants to stay in politics — and in the limelight — a 2024 Senate bid is his best option.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2022
• More so, a good COO will find ways to share the limelight with others, not prioritize their own pride.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024