Sentence examples for rather than spotlight from inspiring English sources

Rather than spotlight the fascinating pursuit of dancing on wheels, practiced by thousands and televised worldwide, Marty Madden's screenplay rounds up a quirky posse of unfortunates — including an angry punk (Auti Angel) and a sassy transsexual (Laverne Cox) — and keeps them off the dance floor as long as possible.

Censorship has proven to be as potent as gasoline in high schools across the nation, and I can only hope that the Shelton High administration learns to exercise its authority in a productive rather than spotlight-seeking way.

First performed in 1932, Winter Legends is easily the most substantial work here, more three-movement symphony with piano than piano concerto perhaps, with the solo instrument amplifying the orchestral statements rather than being spotlighted in its own right.

The story lines seem to be a little more inclusive of all the members of the cast rather than just spotlighting Shahi.

Rather than reduce the spotlight on the clinician, this approach widens the spotlight to encompass patients as coproducers of safe care according to their capacity and willingness to play that role.

Black Lives Matter emerged as a modern extension of Ella Baker's thinking a preference for ten thousand candles rather than a single spotlight.

Every song opens with a guitar intro, and there are even some blazing guitar solos — all big departures for a musician who has always prided himself on his collegiality, rather than seeking the spotlight.

Rather than focus the spotlight on a nattily dressed and groomed lead singer, La Excelencia, which performs on Friday at Lincoln Center as part of Midsummer Night Swing, operates as a collective.

Trovata| Fashion Designers Staying in the sunlight rather than in the spotlight is a good idea for a design collective that has built a label on lazy-days-of-summer looks.

"If he were to opt for midnight blue or black socks," suggested the Corriere Della Sera, sensibly but boringly, "they would be less flashy and absorb, rather than reflect the spotlight".

Rather than share the spotlight with the rest of the industry, he grabs center stage at his own MacWorld show next week.