in the limelight

Example Sentences

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It ended with Root in the limelight - should that be floodlight? - once again delivering when his team and his country needed him.

From BBC

"The way you look aesthetically and fuelling as an athlete are two conflicting ideals. That's hard for anybody in the limelight."

From BBC

Decades later, those moments and the others that went on to define the pop star and her very public unravelling are back in the limelight - but what exactly happened and why depends on who is doing the retelling.

From BBC

She clearly thrives in the limelight and embraces the glamour that comes with being her country's most celebrated foody.

From BBC

In a relatively short amount of time in the limelight, Qualley, a daughter of fellow actor Andie MacDowell, has stepped far from her mother’s shadow and repudiated claims of nepotistic privilege the old-fashioned way: with terrific, hard work.

From Salon