How To Use Limelight In A Sentence

I've never had any desire to step into the limelight, so climbing on to the stage felt like mounting a scaffold.
CNN whats with the Sarah Palin fixation? shes and idiot and so are you for keeping her in the limelight. CNN Poll: Favorable view of Palin dipping
It took time for the event to grab the limelight, but its potential was soon to be realised.
It was only through the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, that, suddenly, she was thrust into the limelight, and became our Queen.
The last thing I want is to spend my new year reading interviews with these limelight-seeking saddos.

He wants to hog the limelight and shout about what he believes, and to do that you have to be populist, brash and confident.
No doubt he will also enjoy avoiding the limelight for a bit. The Sun
He crept up the singles draw, away from limelight focussed on the seeded players, till the final when he became an object of curiosity.
In direct contrast, feminist accounts have pushed Shajara into the limelight at the cost of the events themselves.
rimming" to prime-time television audiences - which catapulted him into the limelight. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
It was an afternoon for the unsung to claim a share of the limelight on quarter-final weekend. Times, Sunday Times
While her political future may be up in the air, Sarah Palin's populist star wattage remains undeniable as she basks in an undimmed political limelight for a core of supporters bored by what they describe as a lackluster Republican Party leadership and angry at the Obama administration's expansion of government and imposition of power. The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines
Away in the background some of them had familiars or casual prompters to whose counsels they were wont to listen, but many of the adjoints who moved in the limelight of the world-stage were gritless and pithless. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference
As Delhi prepares for its annual date with razzmatazz, the fashion-conscious are debating who would be in the limelight this year.
The most recent shows have - to varying degrees - dragged various nobodies kicking and screaming into the limelight for our pleasure.
However, it is in his present status as autodriver that he hogs the limelight.
There are plenty of celebrities who own racehorses but many avoid the limelight by keeping their name out of the racecards.
He clearly enjoys the limelight - so long as it's on his own terms. Times, Sunday Times
There are plenty of celebrities who own racehorses but many avoid the limelight by keeping their name out of the racecards.
The exhibitions showcasing new manufacturing technologies stole the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
Also notable is Charlie Chaplin's elegiac 1952 talkie, Limelight, about the last days of an old vaudevillian.
Let them enjoy the limelight we have enjoyed for the previous eight years. Times, Sunday Times
The award for best actress meant that almost overnight she was catapulted into the limelight.
In the end it wasn't cod philosophy that got him the limelight, but a more potent source: his dysfunctional family.
The award for best actress meant that almost overnight she was catapulted into the limelight.
Limelight will have what Mr. Menashe describes as a "fashion-forward" bent, selling such brands as Bed Stu, PRPS, Nudie Jeans and James Perse. Doing a Makeover in the 'Limelight'
So why step into the limelight now? Times, Sunday Times
A rare chance for an also-ran to grab some limelight. Times, Sunday Times
Being catapulted into the limelight gave her opportunities to fuel her addictions. The Sun
Some have dropped down to continue playing, while others have been plugging away outside the limelight for all their careers.
He loves the limelight, craves the attention, the affirmation he still has something meaningful to contribute. The Sun
A smaller organisation with about 27,000 members, thrust into the limelight for its work representing steel workers. Times, Sunday Times
The Los Angeles Lakers, who were for so long the NBA's showbiz franchise, are back, hogging the limelight after enduring the second - worst season in the team's history.
The forties and fifties found her stealing the limelight in a series of successful West End revues in addition to entertaining the forces, appearing in variety and cabaret performances.
But now she appears ready to seize the limelight in a way that would make her father proud. The Sun
You need a good horse like him to put you in the limelight. The Sun
And then there is the last-born: a show-off who enjoys the limelight; a charming rebel, often the family clown, creative, with a good sense of humour, a risk-taker.
Surely the film crews are more deserving of the limelight with their technological expertise and patience with the stars.
Hussein's craving for the limelight is second only to his survival instinct.
A baboon and a monkey are sitting patiently on a pallet awaiting their lift back to the limelight.
Slumdog Millionaire, the tale of an 18-year-old slumdweller who goes on to become a millionaire by winning a quiz show, has been in the limelight after its eight oscar wins. Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views'
That's why everyone has a story about a Wise Man corpsing at a key moment, or a showboating Shepherd hogging the limelight.
If the contest is about lifting truly ordinary but highly talented people from their jobs in telesales and into the limelight then let's appreciate that modesty whilst they have it. Lowbrow Saturday
Even good publicity could make a banker uppity, disloyal and limelight - seeking.
The oldies hog the limelight, leaving the modern beauties crying for attention.
He loves the limelight, craves the attention, the affirmation he still has something meaningful to contribute. The Sun
But sometimes they need to share the limelight, hopefully now we can get some of it. The Sun
Both the market reception and internet interest in this book have proved that even though Zhu has retreated from the limelight for so many years, his popularity is far from waning. Global Voices in English » China: Why Zhu Rongji remains popular
I think there is a window of opportunity while the issue is still in the limelight.
There are too many girlfriends coming out of the woodwork claiming a little bit of the limelight. The Sun
As boisterous entrepreneurs, now millionaires many times over, both enjoy the limelight a great deal.
They themselves have fallen from grace in recent years, with the exploits of their junior footballers taking most, if not all, of the limelight away from the hurlers.
They capture the limelight and trouser the dosh.
And with his new TV show, Maradona, 45, franklin marshall, has returned to the limelight after years of dealing with cocaine addiction and health problems.
They were among 29 members of the little-known sect which grabbed the limelight in July last year when members stole a huge cache of powerful weapons from military armories by posing as army officers.
Asia is home to many great cuisines, yet the masters of the region's kitchens have in the past preferred to stay out of the limelight, thanks to Confucian modesty and an apprenticeship system that frowns on publicity seeking.
Hogging the limelight ... top award for wildlife video.
Normally shy, nocturnal animals, the great crested newts have reluctantly stepped into the limelight to highlight their cause.
It is little wonder, therefore, to find that there are still ‘pinch me’ moments for the rising star, given her remarkable ascent into the limelight.
Stoic, perseverant and disciplined, they are a proud people of few words who shun the limelight.
She's always trying to grab the limelight.
Suddenly he had to share the limelight with a stunning blonde. The Sun
Tonight, amid a galaxy of sporting stars, curling will be back in the limelight.
The fly-half has burst into the limelight this season with a series of stunning displays. The Sun
Bristol Palin told People that Levi is "obsessed with the limelight" and his decision to star in a music video mocking her family played a part in their most recent breakup. Levi Johnston & Brittani Senser In 'After Love' Music Video: Did It Break Up Bristol & Levi? (VIDEO)
She is limelighted anywhere she goes.
She's afraid this new actor will steal the limelight from her.
Forest conservation has once again hogged the limelight in recent times with the Government taking steps on a war footing to control the magnitude of environmental degradation caused in the State.
Has your beauty regimen changed since stepping into the limelight? Times, Sunday Times
The most out-front social secretary in recent White House history insisted she only ever welcomes the limelight if "it pushes the business forward. Quoted: Desiree Rogers doesn't want the limelight
But the England Under-21 player saw a couple of other starlets steal the limelight. The Sun
But she looks set to remain in the limelight long after many of their careers have waned. The Sun
Yet he shunned the limelight, saying those who had done well had a moral obligation to help others. The Sun
He said the company wished to avoid the limelight because of the public's negative perception of big oil.
I love the fact that Sarah Palin annoys liberals – I look forward to her staying in the limelight! Palin set to let the tweets 'fly'
However, the kids could not hide the sense of pride and joy on hogging the limelight while receiving the diploma amid lusty cheers from their parents and friends.
Enjoying a comeback since it's halcyon days warming the vocal chords of pint-sized 80s popster Nik Kershaw, neckwear for big girl's blouses has been catapulted back into the limelight by the today's softer footballers. A history of the year in 100 objects – part four
And after so many years lurking mournfully in the shadows, who could deny Ford the chance to steal some of Daddy's limelight?
The designer eschewed fashion traditions, never showing her clothes in catwalk shows and usually shunning the limelight, but was named couture designer of the year at the 1990 British Fashion Awards. Catherine Walker, Designer to Princess Diana, Dies
He dreads the limelight, enjoys quiet one-to-ones with his players, and has won his remarkable reputation because of his superb organisation, obsessive attention to detail and the depth of affection he engenders with everyone he meets.
A show-stopping performance at a Guildhall recital suddenly catapulted her into the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
Both had no real thirst for the limelight and no way of dealing with it when it came. Times, Sunday Times
Awards two months ago, he shuns the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes people in the public limelight after a few marriages go off and get married.
Nagano Prefecture was brought into the limelight with the successful 1998 Winter Olympics which were held at various locations in the prefecture.
Both had no real thirst for the limelight and no way of dealing with it when it came. Times, Sunday Times
Now, Bert, quit hogging the limelight.
But he is happy to shun the limelight. The Sun
Another dumb creature has also been in the limelight.
I hated the limelight and found it unbearable.
Four people eventually managed to zip him into it and he emerged belatedly into the limelight still rippling from his previous endeavour.
Let's take her words as proof that there's a creative itch hidden somewhere, anxious to pester her back into the lippy limelight in which she glowed in the first place.
There was no attempt to steal the limelight - and he would not have needed to try hard had he wanted to. Times, Sunday Times
The hard-working younger brother shuns the limelight, runs his own firm and has won entrepreneurial awards. The Sun
He's only allowed to bask in the limelight flashing his million-dollar smile -- which is million$ of dollar$ for them as his agenda drains million$ of dollar$ from us. nv53, re Rick Salutin: Small dead animals
Is he not a little irked at the success and the seemingly perpetual limelight that the young pretender is enjoying? Times, Sunday Times
Awards two months ago, he shuns the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
Fashion has turned the clock back to the Eighties, bringing gold, sequins and bold patterns back into the limelight.
They are just ordinary kids who often get pushed out of the limelight by other things.
Yet once again he was happy to shun the limelight and turn the attention to his captain. The Sun
She found time out of the limelight, acupuncture and getting control of her exercise routine helped. The Sun
It's an indication, though, of the pressure to produce on such bankable authors as Smith, who dare not let their name fade from the limelight for too long.
Sharp seemed to shun the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
Hot-shot models might have hogged the limelight during the last few days with the conduct of three fashion shows here, including two held one after another last Sunday, increasing the temperature of an already hot city.
But this is more a case of a junior minister trying to hog the limelight and getting frazzled through idiocy.
Takuma Sato made the most sensational start off the grid, stealing the limelight as he scorched his way from 7th to 4th.
At 18, she ducked out of the limelight, but after several years in retirement, she picked up her skills again.
Mr Haynes is very proud, and is basking in the limelight.
Principals may take the limelight in a musical but chorus work is the lifeblood of it.
A show-stopping performance at a Guildhall recital suddenly catapulted her into the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
But he is happy to shun the limelight. The Sun
Like an old trouper who cannot resist the limelight, he flounced out of a special parade of champions, saying he could not support sport as long as there were drug cover-ups going on.
A remarkable series of events catapulted her into the limelight.
If that is done as a joint venture, they could well find themselves catapulted into the limelight on more than one front.
Being thrust into the international limelight was a daunting prospect. Times, Sunday Times
But while she enjoyed the limelight, it did little to help her straitened circumstances. Times, Sunday Times
But while she enjoyed the limelight, it did little to help her straitened circumstances. Times, Sunday Times
Not only have greyhounds stepped blinking into the limelight of top billing on the racing pages, but desperate men with desperate withdrawal symptoms set up hamster races in London last week.
He makes no attempt to hog the limelight, but even among a strong team of actors there's no question who's the most gifted performer.
After weeks of courtroom argument the girl was permitted to leave the limelight and to end her pregnancy.
He loves the limelight, craves the attention, the affirmation he still has something meaningful to contribute. The Sun
To be considered for upcoming months, email limelight [at] ecolect [dot] net with an overview of how your sustainable project is making an impact. SMIT’s GROW: Solar and Wind Photovoltaic ‘Leaves’ | Inhabitat
In fact, schools hog the limelight, by celebrating the festival in a customary manner, involving children and teachers.
Yet once again he was happy to shun the limelight and turn the attention to his captain. The Sun
When they emerged the Duchess stepped straight into the waiting car, seemingly keen to avoid hogging the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
Potential problems of celebrity status are not much of a determent to those seeking limelight.
But she looks set to remain in the limelight long after many of their careers have waned. The Sun
Yet, while non-functional ceramics have tended to take the limelight at the expense of local pottery, a less noticed relationship between pottery and painting has borne real fruit.
Brown University rectifies that by bringing the trailblazer into the limelight with Reframing Haiti: Art, History and Performativity, a series of exhibitions, workshops and lectures that closes April 21 with Brown alumn, Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat. Gina Athena Ulysse: Constant: Haiti's Fiercest Flag Bearer
Hogging the limelight ... top award for wildlife video.
Being catapulted into the limelight gave her opportunities to fuel her addictions. The Sun
Not that the brothers are that much keener on the limelight than their father. Times, Sunday Times
The home and garden marquee did not just have floral displays but also a little Wivenhoe in a tent as the town took the limelight as the community on display.
I genuinely empathized with her over the Ellison debacle (because I thought he was out of line), but now that's died down, she's attacking other writers in order to hold on to her limelight. TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley
Did she not realise that the cost of being an actor is to burn forever in the limelight of intrusive media questioning?
Well he is trying to steal the environmental limelight from the Copenhagen conference in announcing his £20bn initiative to basically get people back to work and off the doll, oh but it is environmentally friendly too. 2009 December « My Political Ramblings…
It is difficult for young men as they get thrust in the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
The winner is undefeated after three outings and is sure to hog the limelight in the coming months.
Anthea has not been on the television for years so is aching to get back into the limelight.
From the 1920s until the start of WWII a carnival queen was plucked annually from the town's prettiest girls and given a short spell in the limelight.
It was a rare foray into the limelight for a politician who was press officer for the Cairngorms national park only five years ago. Times, Sunday Times
He is routinely described as a reclusive, shadowy figure because he avoids the limelight, but I know him and he is a straightforward, extremely bright businessman. Home | Mail Online
He used to refuse all requests for interviews and always consciously shunned the limelight. The Sun
These reasons could be anything from slating off other players to transfer rumours to their personal lives, but the fact is that they are the ones mostly in the limelight.
Ms. Walker eschewed fashion traditions, never showing her clothes in catwalk shows and usually shunning the limelight, but she was named couture designer of the year at the 1990 British Fashion Awards. Catherine Walker, Designer Of Princess Diana's Most Famous Dresses, Dies At 65
Electric lighting replaced limelight in the late 19 th century.
It could be her path back into the limelight and resurrect her career. The Sun
The sun, center of our solar system, is your ruler, giving you a love of the limelight.
It was only a matter of time before salsa and merengue's less glamorous sibling earned its recognition in the Latin music limelight.
He shuns the limelight for himself and loathes celebrity, about which he knows a thing or two. Times, Sunday Times
Ethan's drumming is less in your face than that of their departed sticksman, allowing crunching, jangling and fuzzy guitars to get a go of the limelight.
But there is no easy exit from the public limelight for Cullen, now the transport minister.
Awards two months ago, he shuns the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
He had two fights against name opponents where a win would have propelled him into the limelight.
A show-stopping performance at a Guildhall recital suddenly catapulted her into the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
Many actors just want to hog the limelight and be in front of the camera all the time.
Instead, Chen's address displayed a sensitivity and astuteness unexpected of a politician who until recently was rarely in the limelight.
The exhibitions showcasing new manufacturing technologies stole the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
Potential problem of celebrity status is not much of a determent to those seeking limelight.
When he began to receive acclaim for his work, I admit, I lavished in the limelight and the accouterments that came with his success. Agi Smith: Silicon Valley Divorce Over A Gay Child?
But in attaching "punk" you are telling the world that these folks prefer obscurity, they don't like the limelight. Getting back up to steam (hold the 'punk')
Vettel led almost from start to finish, handing over for only a short while to Jenson Button who, by making a late pit-stop, enjoyed a few laps in the limelight, a sort of flypast for his achievements of the previous year. Red Bull keep Sebastian Vettel in the dark until the title is his
The glam TV presenter and model has always been happy to chews the limelight. The Sun
Sharp seemed to shun the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
The experimental car certainly stole the limelight at the motor show.
You need a good horse like him to put you in the limelight. The Sun
Is he not a little irked at the success and the seemingly perpetual limelight that the young pretender is enjoying? Times, Sunday Times
Now even the Trident boats are taking their place in the limelight.
The supermodel will write a fictional account of a young female model's life as she is plucked from obscurity and thrust into the A-list limelight. The Sun
You're ready to share the limelight and show a gentler side. The Sun
Keaton prefers anonymity to limelight, belonging to conflicting, going with the flow to striving against it.
My Sunday school teacher suggested that maybe the fact that I'm trying to escape notice inadvertently brings me into the limelight.
Although this, of course, brings its own frustrations: Sama bemoans the fact that the grime producers aren't getting famous in their own right, for their own sound "while a thousand identikit 'Shoreditch bass' producers who all sound the same get the limelight". Grime's still standing, better than anything
He admits that he is quite the showman and that he now has to vent his love of the limelight in public speaking engagements.
It's a little like Sarah Palin complaining about the press bothering her kids, when she is the one who trotted them into the limelight in the first place. Sanford's wife: He's earned a second chance
It was a rare foray into the limelight for a politician who was press officer for the Cairngorms national park only five years ago. Times, Sunday Times
He shuns the limelight for himself and loathes celebrity, about which he knows a thing or two. Times, Sunday Times
However, it makes me sad to see our fellow brothers and sisters abort Xhosa and adopt other languages when they get into the limelight.
And that seems to have to do with this knack the brothers picked up of hogging the limelight even as school kids… though at times it meant being hauled up for mischief in front of the school assembly.
You crave attention, the limelight, and the fawning admiration of millions.
He seeks the limelight as willingly as a bushbaby. Times, Sunday Times
He used to refuse all requests for interviews and always consciously shunned the limelight. The Sun
Hussein's craving for the limelight is second only to his survival instinct.
She found time out of the limelight, acupuncture and getting control of her exercise routine helped. The Sun
Contractual and career obligations create uncertainty about player loyalties, as professional athletes jockey for career advancement, taxation advantages and contractural stability in the short period they have in the limelight.
The tradition began in the days when stages were lit by limelights , which burned lime, producing a greenish light that made anything green nearly invisible.
Was your life style sheltered or were you constantly thrust into the limelight? Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive?
He continued to tour and record but in recent decades his career was blighted by ill health, which led to long periods away from the limelight. Times, Sunday Times
She has, in my opinion, brokered her legitimate grief over the loss of her son for more than her fair share of limelight, which she has used to galavant across the globe spreading her idiotic political beliefs while trashing this country at every opportunity, all the while shmoozing with every odious scumbag and dictator who will embrace her. Balloon Juice » 2006 » January
While some celebs enjoy parading their latest beau for the camera, most keep their private lives under wraps, preferring to keep their loved ones out of the limelight and away from the gossips.
Is there a part of you that enjoys the limelight, though? The Sun
The award for best actress meant that almost overnight she was catapulted into the limelight.
Modern day regulation is often typified by imprecise language, poorly drafted complaints and regulations, and an over-abundance of publicity-seeking bosses who steal the limelight from their hard working staff. Bill Singer: Insider Trading: Frequent Flyers, Potatoes and Macy's
While some varieties of this frilly-leafed plant play well with others, I made the mistake of planting artemisia 'Oriental Limelight.' Garden Thugs
He loves the limelight, craves the attention, the affirmation he still has something meaningful to contribute. The Sun
Yet he shunned the limelight, saying those who had done well had a moral obligation to help others. The Sun
Despite his quiet, diffident manner, the Humberside police chief is becoming used to an unflattering limelight.
She accused her co - star of trying to hog the limelight.
I am glad that all of the liberalist bullshevists have had the limelight poured over them - looks like many of them are drowning in the polls and/or jumping ship before the November Voter Revolution occurs –lol. Welcome to the Tea Party: Rand Paul follows in father's footsteps
But after initially enjoying the limelight all the attention became too much and he went into meltdown. The Sun

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