pulpit

Example Sentences

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Andrew Jay Schwartzman, a public interest communications attorney, said Carr is using his bully pulpit at the FCC to intimidate “a timorous broadcasting industry.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

As an incumbent, Bass will always have the advantage of her City Hall bully pulpit, said Fernando Guerra, political science professor at Loyola Marymount University.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

The Prince of Wales gave a Bible reading from the pulpit.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

“She’s going to have a bully pulpit, and she can talk to moms about how to care for their kids, what kind of food to give them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

It was the same pulpit where over twenty years earlier I had spoken to the congregation about casting and catching stones.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson