Sentence examples for spotlight briefly from inspiring English sources

The helicopter's spotlight briefly illuminated the street.

He retakes the spotlight, briefly, at the show's halfway point, an airy gallery of Cubist painting between the world wars.

Rising oil prices in the 1970s brought ethanol into the spotlight briefly, but when prices fell again in subsequent decades, research and interest trailed off as well.

The petitions flap removed from the spotlight, briefly, the inconsequential tale of Mr. Emanuel's residency status that is being devoured by the news media.

Growing up in public is difficult, just ask any once famous child actor, so the Heat have taken advantage of Linsanity to develop while the spotlight briefly shines elsewhere.

Andy Murray, a Scottish tennis star, accepted his gold medal draped in a Union flag and his lips were seen to move during "God Save the Queen".The summit served to drag the spotlight briefly from London to Edinburgh, and at a time when Scotland's arts scene similarly punches above its weight.

On July 10, a spotlight fell briefly on this schism.

Recently a spotlight fell briefly on this schism.

The capacity of major championships to throw such players into the spotlight, whether briefly or otherwise, is one of their endearing qualities.

The quick Rose Garden appearance — barely 14 hours after the Senate sent Mr. Obama the jobs bill for his signature — offered the president a brief respite from the intense health care effort, giving him a chance to spotlight, albeit briefly, his work on the issue that polls say Americans care about most: jobs.

But if you want something you can hold, you could do worse than this compilation, which includes obscure but justly beloved forebears (Felt, Shop Assistants), mainstream juggernauts (like Oasis, above, and Blur; without them this box probably wouldn't exist) and plenty of bands that seized the British spotlight (however briefly) without ever making a ripple in America.