center of attention
Example Sentences
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Unified is the state’s largest and the nation’s second-largest school system — and therefore a constant center of attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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
He likes to be the big shot and the center of attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
He constantly demands to be the center of attention in his own production, on stage as well as off.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2025
His attitude is, ‘If I can’t be the center of attention, I don’t want to be anything at all.’
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
