pedestal

Example Sentences

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They don’t have any excitement in their own lives, so they put him on the same pedestal as the circus performers in “Freaks” or Gwynplaine in “The Man Who Laughs.”

From Salon

The great thing about him is that he told us, “Don’t put me on a pedestal.”

From Los Angeles Times

“He placed Gandhi, in many ways, on a pedestal,” Lal said.

From Los Angeles Times

He sits frozen on an acrylic pedestal, feathers draped to the floor.

From New York Times

The primary paper focuses on a part of the plasma called the pedestal, which is located at the edge.

From Science Daily