pedestal
Example Sentences
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“Drake was very highly regarded before then. For some people, that knocked him off the pedestal a bit.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
There’s a tendency to put mothers on a pedestal and we judge them harshly over every decision they make.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
A "Japan glazer" is "someone who puts everything that comes from Japan on a pedestal, while disparaging things that come from their own country", Louzembi said.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
“I don’t believe that there is one hero for our movements. Movements are led by a collective, and you can’t create some pedestal for one person, because humans will always fail you.”
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
He’s going to turn Cleopatra’s Needle and put it on its pedestal any day now.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Vocabulary lists containing pedestal
Body Language: Ped, Pod ("Foot")
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On a Pedestal: Marble-ous Words for Sculpture
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