Spotlight in a sentence as a noun

Everyone likes to have their time under the spotlight, but that's what this is all about.

Basically, it puts the spotlight on the performer rather than the stage.

Hopefully this gives Linux a little needed spotlight boost and perhaps gains Ubuntu a few new users.

Even if the amendment process falls short, it can shine a spotlight of the super-PAC phenomenon and help apply pressure for change.

At the time they were enacted it was largely credit reference agencies, public bodies and direct marketing businesses which were in the spotlight.

Spotlight in a sentence as a verb

It's then pretty logical that the narcissistic part of the pair gets all the fame, spotlight, power, and the co-dependent part gets used, squeezed, depleted and thrown away once not useful.

He has made it personal and now finds himself suing in spray-gun fashion hoping to hit the nearest target connected with the events, whether the law supports him strongly, feebly, or perhaps not at all - all the while standing forth in a public spotlight that magnifies his every action whether good, bad, or indifferent.

If Keith is so confident in his mens rea defense [1], I'm sure he welcomes the spotlight being shined on his organization's workings.>Leadership ... is now engaged in a public dialogue to make sure the American public gets the rest of the storyLike I said, it is fantastic that this - the goal Snowden described - is being acknowledged.

Hopefully this attitude is debated in the national spotlight alongside the validity of the programs themselves.>Through four years of oversight, the committee has not identified a single case in which a government official engaged in willful effort to circumvent or violate the lawAgain, there's that "willful" keyword we've heard so much.

Spotlight definitions

noun

a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency"

See also: limelight glare

noun

a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer

See also: spot

verb

move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

See also: foreground highlight

verb

illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater