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
Meanwhile, in the battle of the ‘Succession’ stars, I give Kieran Culkin the slight edge over ‘The Apprentice’ scene stealer Jeremy Strong.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2024
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
One scene stealer was an unruly pony named Sandy who stomped its hoof and shook its head aggressively during the larger-than-life Triumphal Scene, eliciting nervous laughter from the audience.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022
The scene stealer, let it be known, is Nicholas Hoult's Emperor Peter III.
From Salon • May 15, 2020