center of attention
Example Sentences
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As the evening goes on, getting stranger as it goes, each of the four actors gets an excellent opportunity to be the center of attention in a superbly engineered script.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Nobody was better at playing a very handsome guy, the center of attention, who was also nonthreatening, not above a bit of slapstick, a little silly—above all, likable.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Let’s face it, I would miss being the center of attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
Even with Austin Reaves, Deandre Ayton and Kawhi Leonard looking on, Bronny James was the center of attention yet again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025
They laugh and speak of things that mean nothing to me, and I am frozen there among all the false faces, at the very center of attention.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
