How to Use pedestal in a Sentence

pedestal

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  • The pedestal is wired to electrodes that rest on the surface of the brain.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
  • None of that seems to be enough to knock tech work off its pedestal.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Fourteen Seguin, Texas: world's largest pecan, on a pedestal in the town square.
    — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The only thing not to like is the wide legs, so be sure to wall mount this or buy a pedestal.
    — WIRED, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The pool was refilled and a replica of the Ba'al statue was placed on the pedestal at the lake's center in 2019.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
  • To date, the attacks haven’t knocked McCormick from his pedestal.
    — Eric Bradner, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Her mami wata was installed at the base of the pedestal.
    — The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The hat sits on a pedestal in the middle of Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth.
    — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • To my left, a bronze bust of a panther stared from a pedestal at eye level.
    — Rachel Corbett, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The Maximus skull is about 6.5 feet tall and is mounted on an iron pedestal.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Folks are climbing up on his pedestal, which is not roped off.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
  • When it is finished, the 12-foot statue will be placed on a four-foot pedestal.
    — Ernie Suggs The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), al, 31 Dec. 2022
  • At the center sat Mom’s winning fuatha on its pedestal.
    — Adriana Trigiana, Bon Appétit, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Give it extra height by putting it on top of a cement pedestal.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This is hoops heresy to Smartophiles who have put the point guard on a pedestal and are ready to put his number in the rafters.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
  • The lone piece of furniture, a bedlike platform, stands on a pedestal in the center of the room.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Instead of placing the plays on a pedestal, readers gain the agency to use them as a tool.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The bird bath features a pedestal that provides a stable base.
    — Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
  • But after just a few heaves, the blocks of the pedestal slid apart, and Columbus tilted downward.
    — Erin L. Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Feb. 2022
  • By song’s end, Underwood was lifted a few feet off the ground on a pedestal.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The Thinker at the Cleveland Museum of Art is damaged by a bomb placed on its pedestal.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The statue was relocated to Red Mountain in the 1930s where it was placed on a pedestal with a park around the base.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 6 July 2022
  • But Shaw’s piece doesn’t place convention on a pedestal — quite the contrary.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • The box that lies on the pedestal gives airs of gildedness despite being as plain as the walls that surround it.
    — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Statues of two 8-feet-tall white cats sit on pedestals in front of a gated driveway and dark woods.
    — Allen Pierleoni, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In some cases, the platforms that keep their fans engaged are also what knocks them off the pedestal.
    — Josh Wilson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Someone submitted nothing and the gallery put it on a small pedestal.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Rock stars weren't put on a pedestal in Creem, and its reviews could be nasty — along with sexist and profane.
    — David Bauder, ajc, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Experts noted an iron dowel attached to the head, which must have connected it to the pedestal.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Mar. 2024
  • From bracingly sharp when raw to silky-sweet when slowly cooked, these 31 recipes put onions on a well-deserved pedestal.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 26 Feb. 2024

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