object of attention
Example Sentences
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Sitting up on the ER gurney — breathing was easier — I found myself the object of attention and the subject of an experience.
From Salon • Aug. 28, 2022
The object of attention, and affection, was our instructor, the Los Angeles-based botanical artist Kristen Alpaugh — she of the HBO Max reality show “Full Bloom” and more than 39,000 followers on Instagram.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Campbell has always been the object of attention, even before he had hair.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2022
The disease, transmitted by mosquitoes, has become an object of attention and spending by rich countries in the last decade.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2012
He treats it with great affection and tenderness, and it becomes in his hand an agency for gesticulation as well as an object of attention.
From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
