Spotlight and Try

Spotlight

Spotlight verb - Illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater.

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Try and spotlight are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Spotlight".

Nearby Words: spotlit, spotlighted, spotlighting

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Spotlight and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Spotlight" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

good	good spotlight	good try
special	special spotlight	special try
single	single spotlight	single try
actual	actual spotlight	actual try
Other adjectives: real, perpetual, less, alternate, protagonist.

spotlight characters

try characters

In a spotlight story in one of the early issues, she had to try to do it as she was fighting in a blinding snowstorm.

Source: Comic Book / Alpha Flight
While that isn't necessarily a bad thing, try to keep them out of the spotlight, and more into the realm of Plucky Comic Relief.

Source: So You Want To / Avoid Writing A Mary Sue
Characters are thoroughly aware of Main Character privileges, and will often try to steal your spotlight.

Source: Franchise / Disgaea

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