1.   And he came through before the spotlight dimmed.

2.   But as the dance ended and the spotlight dimmed, a young dancer began to fidget, another giggled.

3.   But Piazza was painfully aware that the spotlight will dim altogether unless the Mets reverse their downward spiral.

4.   Despite increasingly heated exchanges between lawyers and other courtroom contretemps, the spotlight has dimmed on the Tawana Brawley defamation trial in recent weeks.

5.   Ellis said his family is glad the spotlight has dimmed.

6.   Still, he worries about what might happen when the spotlight dims on Utah.

7.   Then, abruptly, the spotlight dimmed.