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pedestal

[ped-uh-stl] / ˈpɛd ə stl /


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He flicked a whip at the cageful of pedestaled lions & tigers, took the chance of turning his back on them, jumped into the fight.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trainer swaggered up to a pedestaled tiger, thrust the chair at its open jaws.

From Time Magazine Archive

But to Back Bay he is an idol, firmly pedestaled.

From Time Magazine Archive

Coal followed one of the curves to the closest pedestaled mirror.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

From Mysticism in English Literature by Spurgeon, Caroline F. E.




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