the pulpit
Example Sentences
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The Prince of Wales gave a Bible reading from the pulpit.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
On a Saturday evening in 1838, a young Illinois state legislator ascended the pulpit of his hometown Baptist church to deliver a lecture before the Springfield Young Men’s Lyceum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
Railroad magnate and speculator Jay Gould was dubbed “the Mephistopheles of Wall Street” by ministers on the pulpit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
Defrocked and disgraced, Swaggart clawed his way back to the pulpit, but attendance at his church shrank, his television ministry withered and the Bible college he founded stripped away his name.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
Moments later, Grandma grabbed my arm again and dragged me down the aisle faster than ever before toward the front of the church where the pulpit and choir stood.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
