plinth

Example Sentences

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Later that year, in October, an Extinction Rebellion activist was ordered to pay more than £1,500 for defacing the statue by painting "racist" on its plinth during a climate protest.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 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

A new plaque has been installed on the plinth where a slave trader's statue once stood.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

He grabbed Harry’s arm below the shoulder and helped Harry limp toward the plinth where the cup stood.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling