scene stealer

Example Sentences

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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

“I have to have some emotion. I don’t want to just be a funny scene stealer, which is great. Not going to complain about that. But you have to show her heart.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2023

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

The scene stealer, let it be known, is Nicholas Hoult's Emperor Peter III.

From Salon • May 15, 2020