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  • noun Plural form of limelight.

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Examples

  • So he had hit upon the idea of limelights, of the kind ordinarily used for stage lighting or nighttime political rallies.

    The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972

  • Could she have gotten a case of limelights addiction?

    Happy Hour Roundup 2009

  • Which means that this film could be very good for SF, both for cinematic SF - Cameron often pioneers new effects and this may open the door to a post-Star Wars era of truly epic SF filmmaking now that Lucas 'franchise is done - and for the literary variety as well, as tales of outer space and fully-realized alien cultures are thrust into the brightest of limelights.

    Just What the Doctor Ordered - an Elephant in the Bathtub Lou Anders 2007

  • Which means that this film could be very good for SF, both for cinematic SF - Cameron often pioneers new effects and this may open the door to a post-Star Wars era of truly epic SF filmmaking now that Lucas 'franchise is done - and for the literary variety as well, as tales of outer space and fully-realized alien cultures are thrust into the brightest of limelights.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Lou Anders 2007

  • Here I am pinging limelights Myspace image domain.

    Limelight Gets $130 Million For a system that doesn’t work. « The Paradigm Shift 2006

  • Sarah Palin has put the entire democratic ticket in the backstage of this political arena where it becomes an impossible dream for Sen. Clinton to grab the limelights from the winningable tickets of Sen. MCCAIN and Gov.

    Girl Fight! Part Two 2008

  • Flickering limelights threw an army of shadows onto the sheet behind.

    The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008

  • Black curtains had been draped across the windows and the rooms only brightness came from four limelights retrieved from the attic.

    Kate Morton Ebook Collection Kate Morton 2008

  • Black curtains had been draped across the windows and the rooms only brightness came from four limelights retrieved from the attic.

    The House at Riverton Kate Morton 2008

  • Here I am pinging limelights Myspace image domain.

    2006 July « The Paradigm Shift 2006

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