put on a pedestal
Example Sentences
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We don't want to be put on a pedestal.
From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024
A box with three glass walls has been put on a pedestal in front of the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.
From Reuters • Apr. 30, 2023
I think that’s our relationship to artists and iconic figures we put on a pedestal and then have to go through the unwelcome experience of uncovering their bad behavior and disordered egos.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023
But KSI, real name Olajide Olatunji, tells BBC Newsbeat he has no interest in "being put on a pedestal" like Tate.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2023
The world did not expect an educated man to do anything; he was to be put on a pedestal and admired from a distance.
From The Mind and Its Education by Betts, George Herbert
