centre of attention


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Noun1.centre of attention - the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party"
center of attention, center, centre
object - the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"
conversation piece - something interesting that stimulates conversation
crosshairs - a center of interest; "the war on terrorism has put Saddam Hussein in the crosshairs"
cynosure - something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"
eye-catcher - a striking person or thing that attracts attention
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The patient stood among them a little embarrassed, but not altogether displeased to find himself the centre of attention: he listened confusedly while Dr.
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He said Pakistan has become centre of attention for mainstream international business community due to close collaboration with China and rapid completion of CPEC.
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When you are the centre of attention - and believe it or not it's not where I want to be, I want the team to be centre of attention for all the right reasons - but it was nice."
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"He was always the centre of attention at parties - he was definitely like Peter Pan.
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Alan Stubbs has accused referee Roger East of making himself "the centre of attention" during Rotherham United's slender 1-0 defeat to.
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