put on a pedestal
Example Sentences
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“Being put on a pedestal means you can’t move around too much,” Matfess said.
From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026
Ms Hill-Uekawa adds that she shouldn't be put on a pedestal simply because she is a woman.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025
A box with three glass walls has been put on a pedestal in front of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.
From Reuters • Apr. 30, 2023
In selecting Shiraz, a city in the southwest of Iran, Farhadi wanted to build a bridge between his contemporary saga about a man put on a pedestal and hero worship in antiquity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022
It is only the Carlyle kind of hero who could ever be put on a pedestal, or who would stay there if put there.
From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley
