lectern
Example Sentences
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Staff hastily arranged emergency kits and hard hats as props around the lectern ahead of her remarks on the shooting.
He appears mentally unstable and physically feeble, clinging to his lectern as if it were a walker.
From Salon
Charred furniture, lecterns and smoky curls of carpet are piled around the entrance - its guts emptied, and debris cleared, in time for Friday prayers.
From BBC
The hijinks continued when he stepped behind the lectern to speak and the teleprompter was not working.
From Los Angeles Times
During a recent celebration, from a lectern behind thick bulletproof glass in Des Moines, Iowa, last Thursday, he picked a curious way to celebrate the birthday of the United States.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.