scene stealer
Example Sentences
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Thankfully, the story arc is designed so that chaos keeps barging in, most delightfully in the form of a scene stealer named ParTeb, a goofball from Tunisia who presents as a saucy green alien.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025
In the opening episode of Season 2 of And Just Like That …, there’s a scene stealer, and it’s not a dress or a celebrity: It’s a purse stool.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023
Like a dog nosing around in the background, a robot vacuum cleaner is a guaranteed scene stealer.
From New York Times • May 24, 2023
Hahn is an eternal scene stealer, always claiming our attention with consistently mordant, bracing performances that are impossible to ignore.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2021
If there’s a scene stealer in “Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story,” it might be Christian Slater’s voice coming out of another man’s mouth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2020