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 Translation for 'in the limelight' from English to Swedish
idiom
i rampljuset {adv}
in the limelight
Partial Matches
på morgonen {adv}in the morning
i mellantiden {adv}in the meantime
i förgrunden {adv}in the foreground
framtill {adv}in (the) front
i fjärran {adv}in the distance
i norr {adv}in the north
i söder {adv}in the south
till slut {adv}in the end
i bakgrunden {adv}in the background
under tiden {adv}in the meantime
på sommaren {adv}in the summertime
på kvällen {adv}in the evening
på kvällstid {adv}in the evening
på eftermiddagen {adv}in the afternoon
i framtiden {adv}in the future
på kort sikt {adv}in the short term
på lång sikt {adv}in the long term
tidigt på morgonen {adv}early in the morning
i mitten av {prep}in the middle of
mitt i {prep}in the middle of
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Usage Examples English
  • After leaving office, a number of presidents held various public positions and made an effort to remain in the limelight.
  • He was seen in the limelight at the "Shashi Kapoor Film Festival" held in Muscat, Oman (September 2007).
  • Global fields are in the limelight in algebraic number theory and arithmetic geometry.
  • Though his legal career put him in the limelight, Davis did not run for political office and instead worked behind the scenes as a campaign organizer.
  • Since the inception of the triangular trade, the Efik people have been in the limelight of historical scholarship.

  • Then in 2000, with a series of hit films and widely seen TV appearances, Yoo was more constantly in the limelight than any other actor, and in a very short time, rose to become a major actor in Korean film.
  • Knox meets the Doctor and Evelyn again in "Assassin in the Limelight".
  • His first adventure, "Hungarian Rhapsody" was serialized in the first four issues of magazine "Orient Express", bringing Giardino in the limelight of the international comic scene.
  • Madhepura is also in the limelight for Singheshwar Temple that the Istha Linga of Lord Shiva established in it.
  • The trainings in Chinese and English as well as knowledge of Chinese and Western literature provided by the fifteen years of education Mao Dun received had prepared him to show up in the limelight of the Chinese journalistic and literary arena.

  • A wallflower is someone with an introverted personality type (or in more extreme cases, social anxiety) who will attend parties and social gatherings, but will usually distance themselves from the crowd and actively avoid being in the limelight.
  • radio comedians Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who cast Williams as Andy, were able to claim that they were the ones who found Williams and gave him the chance to be seen in the limelight because he was virtually unknown amongst the white audience.
  • Much in the limelight, he stood as President of the Quaternion Society.
  • At the beginning of 1999 the popular Rai trio were back in the limelight again with a new single.
  • However, as Su became so well known at such a young age, he felt that he had lost his freedom as a result of being in the limelight.

  • He was in the limelight of the fight for prohibition and public education.
  • Throughout her career she recorded numerous songs, by Grieg and others, and these are evidence of a voice that maintained its stable beauty during her many years in the limelight.
  • Always in the limelight, this colourful fellow was praised by some and criticized by others.
  • Although it has long since been replaced by electric lighting, the term has nonetheless survived, as someone in the public eye is still said to be "in the limelight".
  • Plein said, "Being in the limelight for a young and beautiful girl, the looks of course always get a lot of attention, Mischa Barton got a lot and learned to live with her fame.

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