plinth
Example Sentences
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“I just wanted to put it on a plinth, and capture the bits of it that are beautiful and special,” she added.
From New York Times
Demonstrators chanting “Black lives matter” yanked the monument from its plinth before dumping it into the brown waters of a nearby harbor.
From Washington Post
Some have been dramatically placed in the museum’s open-air entrance court around a plinth holding Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker.”
From Washington Post
Viewing areas for the removal of the statues were erected so that bystanders could watch cranes lift the statues from their plinth blocks; the process was nearly complete just before 9 a.m.
From Fox News
Released from plinths, they can acquire new meaning from their unconventional contexts.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
