pedestal

Example Sentences

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They don’t have any excitement in their own lives, so they put him on the same pedestal as the circus performers in “Freaks” or Gwynplaine in “The Man Who Laughs.”

From Salon

Once harvested, they are woven into delicate floral decorations and set on pedestals that are carried during the processions.

From Seattle Times

For more than two centuries, presidents have been held on a pedestal, even the ones swathed in scandal, declared immune from prosecution while in office and, effectively, even afterward.

From New York Times

With President Vladimir V. Putin deepening the militarization of Russian society, soldiers are being put on a pedestal.

From New York Times

Bits of holographic cinema, projected on small, curved sheets of glass set atop pedestals, show figures in motion.

From Los Angeles Times