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• The daily determination of the water level in these tubes was made with a portable limnometric rod supplied with transistorized amplifier and a spotlight.From the entry limnometric
• The lights seen over the city last night, originally termed unidentified flying objects, turned out to be spotlights from a car dealership reflecting on low clouds.From the entry unidentified flying object
• The actors get the glory, the spotlight and the name up in lights while it is the stagehands who point the spotlight, hang the name and change the light bulbs.From the entry stagehand
• "We've had some moments in the spotlight, and there will be more to come.2023 February 8, Paul Stephen with Howard Smith, “Elizabeth Line: "It's not job done yet"”, in RAIL, number 976, page 35. From the entry boring
• (to Prince Philip) You don't think I would have preferred to grow up out of the spotlight?2016, Peter Morgan, “Windsor”, in The Crown, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Queen Elizabeth II. From the entry countrywoman
• He shut down his spotlight and was relieved to depart with the punters.2016, James C. Lee, The End of the Pier. From the entry super trouper
• A celetoid is only allowed so much time in the spotlight.2010 January 29, Richie Wilcox, “My Life as a Celetoid: Reflections on Canadian Idol”, in Canadian Theatre Review. From the entry celetoid
• When the spotlight is on you, never let the audience down and you'll be golden.2009, Mark Wiskup, Presentation S.O.S.: From Perspiration to Persuasion in 9 Easy Steps, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry golden
• Milnes had a turn in the spotlight with a canzona for solo organ by Johann Caspar Kerll.2007 January 15, Steve Smith, “Classic Viennese Music, the Prequel”, in New York Times. From the entry canzona
• The pelmets and mirrors, the spotlights and blinds, seemed rich in criticism.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN. From the entry pelmet
• Reverend Baldwin broke off in midtirade, clearly annoyed to have his moment in the spotlight cut short.1997, Tami Hoag, Cry Wolf. From the entry midtirade
• Spotlights were directed on the train until, half-way, Chinese spotlights took over.1986, Bob Geldof, “Divers Bends”, in Is That It?, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 174. From the entry Erh-lien-hao-t'e
• It was like seven spotlights converging deep inside her into a searing hot nucleus.1960, Rowland Barber, “Mlle. Fifi from Paris, France”, in The Night They Raided Minsky’s: A Fanciful Expedition to the Lost Atlantis of…. From the entry mama
• Spotlights in egg-crating over counters give dramatic emphasis to cabinets at night.1953, American Lumberman & Building Products Merchandiser. From the entry egg-crating
• But it was Kirsche’s tweets in mid-April that drew her Gamer Supps partnership back into the public spotlight.2025 April 21, Ana Velans, “Why Is This ‘Gamer Supps’ VTuber Pushing the Great Replacement Theory?”, in VICE, archived from the original…. From the entry mid-April
• House of the Dragon has sucked up the spotlight.2022 October 17, Stuart Heritage, “Now it’s over, let’s come out and say it: The Rings of Power was a stinker”, in The Guardian. From the entry rolling boil
• But destressifying by mastering our needs is really easy, and our exploration of it will shine a spotlight into the darkness.2015, davidji [pseudonym], destressifying: The Real-World Guide to Personal Empowerment, Lasting Fulfillment, and Peace of Mind, Carlsbad…. From the entry destressify
• Chandler commanded a spotlight at the far end of the stage at Picker’s Supply Concert Hall downtown last Friday night.1994 November 3, Amy Satterthwaite, “In Their Own Words”, in The Free Lance-Star. From the entry Generica
• Rather than introduce new silhouettes, couturiers spotlight the complete costume with accessorized hats, shoes, even hair and makeup.1993, Rita Lang Kleinfelder, When we were young: a baby boomer yearbook, page 297. From the entry midknee
• The drum roll, the spotlight, the glamorous assistant, the sudden cascade of damsk silk, et voilà! -- a pile of paper.1991, The Architects' Journal - Volume 194, page 17. From the entry neverthemore
• Moon running over the house fronts like a spotlight.1967, Joyce Cary, The Horse's Mouth, page 96. From the entry knife-coloured
• Then the next moment, to an “oooh” from the seats around me, the spotlight picked out Chou playing the guzheng, a Chinese plucked zither.2024 January 20, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “An Asian megastar who fills arenas in Europe–so who is he?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section)…. From the entry guzheng
• With the release of her first ready-to-wear capsule, “Mirroire Noire”, the Australian ballet dancer-turned-fashion designer takes centre stage, shining a new spotlight on fashion’s balletcore.2022 December 16, Zoë Kendall, “Caroline Reznik is making a fantasy wardrobe of ballet-inspired womenswear”, in i-D, archived from the…. From the entry balletcore
• Tons of engine sheds would bite the dust with the end of steam, and many would be demolished with their time in the spotlight over.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61. From the entry preservation
• The downfall of Austria’s onetime political Wunderkind put a spotlight on the cozy, sometimes corrupt, relationship between right-wing populists and parts of the news media.2021 October 17, Katrin Bennhold, “Fake Polls and Tabloid Coverage on Demand: The Dark Side of Sebastian Kurz”, in The New York Times…. From the entry wunderkind
• But when records of bad decisions find their way into the spotlight, it is seemingly impossible to keep the pitchfork-wielding blue checkmarks at bay.2019 February 14, Erik Halvorson, “Past wrongs should be met with grace and forgiveness”, in The Hillside Collegian, Hillsdale College…. From the entry checkmark
• Cast-iron cookware is in the spotlight.2018 April 16, Florence Fabricant, “Get a Workout With a New Dutch Oven”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry Dutch oven
• That shares the spotlight with Lautner, who plays Cam, a bicycle courier looking to "paktor" (Cantonese slang for "court") with parkour hottie Nikki (Marie Avgeropoulos).2015 February 27, “Parkour caper is purely a star vehicle for Lautner”, in The Business Times (Singapore), page 37. From the entry paktor
• Though Percabeth didn't spend much time in the spotlight in "The Blood of Olympus," what little I saw of their romance felt rather clichéd.2014, Mei Baek, "'The Blood of Olympus'", tjTODAY (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology), 16 October 2014, page 11. From the entry Percabeth
• Sanju Baba, we learn, is rather miffed at the way Kunder rained on his parade and took away the spotlight from Agneepath's success.2012 January 31, “Shah Rukh Khan, Shirish Kunder's drama ends”, in Times of India, Bollywood. From the entry rain on someone's parade
• WHEN a former community organizer named Barack Obama began his bid for the presidency, it cast a spotlight on an uncelebrated profession.2009 January 25, Saki Knafo, “Since the ’60s, a Place on the Ramparts”, in New York Times. From the entry uncelebrated
• With the typical moroseness of a dipping twitcher he turned to me, looking cynically at my spotlight, and said, `I don't like your chances, mate.'2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 217. From the entry cynically
• He watched the moon's majestic rise, watched it transform itself from a luminous semiorb into a flawed spotlight aimed at him from the sky.2001, Sands Hall, Catching Heaven. From the entry semiorb
• It would focus rather on those who in the terrible spotlight of hindsight could be misblamed for the tragedies in the first place.1981, Michael Spence Lowdell Morris, The Morality of Brutality, page 6. From the entry misblame
• Sellers moved on until he was actually trusted to operate the limes, the spotlights that can make or destroy an artist's act.1980, Peter Evans, Peter Sellers: The Mask Behind the Mask, page 30. From the entry lime

Meaning of spotlight

1. noun A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.
2. noun The circle of light shed by a spotlight.
3. noun The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.

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Questions about spotlight in a sentence

How do you use spotlight in a sentence?

Spotlight is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Some people enjoy the spotlight.”

What is a short sentence with spotlight?

“Some people enjoy the spotlight.”

What does spotlight mean?

Spotlight means a bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention on a stage.