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attention-grabber
noun as in red herring
Example Sentences
Newsom’s latest attention-grabber last week was to announce he’ll lead an effort to amend the U.S.
Italian film producer Chiara Tilesi originally approached her about the project, and although Warren is bombarded with requests to write songs for movies — the name “Diane Warren” on a soundtrack is a real attention-grabber — the “women helping women” theme immediately stuck with her.
The attention-grabber is the venue itself: In a first, the Paralympic opening show will be freed from a traditional stadium setting and instead be held in the open in the French capital’s heart, on the Champs-Elysées boulevard and the city’s biggest square, Place de la Concorde.
The attention-grabber is sports betting, now illegal in California but allowed in 33 other states.
Young was a model of leadership, production and punishing play, but he wasn’t a flashy attention-grabber on the field or a flamboyant personality away from it.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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