put on a pedestal
Example Sentences
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We don't want to be put on a pedestal.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024
"It is surely worth considering who we, quite literally, put on a pedestal and why," its director of policy, Alesha De-Freitas, told BBC News.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024
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
“A lot of it was because I was put on a pedestal for a very long time due to being the first born and having so much responsibility,” Gonzalez said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021
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
