plinth
Example Sentences
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At the center, resting on a plinth in front of a shallow niche and beneath a graceful valance of laurel, is French’s striking bronze portrait bust of Hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The plinth art is renewed every few months.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
The plinth is one of only a handful of mobile art works in the country and operates from the top of an illuminated shipping container.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
But the thing on the left is just a geometric slab of no discernible purpose, a plinth with no identity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Some of her last words are carved on the statue’s plinth.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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Lord of the Flies
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