Sentence examples for spotlight on speaker from inspiring English sources

In mid-1988, Mr. Gingrich, then a rising power, put the spotlight on Speaker Jim Wright, focusing on large royalties from a book deal and other business dealings.

Try to keep the spotlight on the speaker and really stick to the subject they are talking about until it is complete.

That turns the spotlight on the Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, who has been the mayor's handmaiden on altering term limits and whose own credibility took severe hits.

"Put me on speaker".

Finally, he put Vecchio on speaker.

Don't put him on speaker phone.

Don't put your phone on speaker.

But in Washington and elsewhere, the hand-wringing has begun nonetheless, driven not only by the spotlight on Mr. Daniels but also by the tumultuous rise of former Speaker Newt Gingrich — a figure well known to Republicans on Capitol Hill — and the failure so far of Mitt Romney to unite the party.

When House Speaker Weatherford sounded the trumpet on this "massive voucher expansion" bill, it shined a spotlight on the fact that Florida already pays some $300 million to voucher schools with an automatic escalator built in to increase the cap.

But Flint's mayor Karen Weaver will aim to bring her city back into the national spotlight on Wednesday, when she speaks at the Democratic National Convention as part of a prime-time lineup of speakers that includes President Barack Obama.

Skeptics may argue that all of this is really Palin's feeble attempt to keep the spotlight on her and to boost her brand as a talking head on Fox News and as a highly paid celebrity speaker.