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Meanings of pedestal in English
Usage of pedestal in English
1
Let me go ahead and move that pedestal out of the way.
2
The grave was strewn with flowers, and the pedestal bears this inscription:
3
Of course when they saw me I was not on my pedestal.
4
Of course, Tolstoy is on a pedestal -assuredly the greatest novelist.
5
She was close to the inscription on the side of the pedestal.
6
She gave in, and he carefully settled it back onto the pedestal.
7
It must be uncomfortably precarious being up on a pedestal these days.
8
The main pedestal of the statue is a globe, representing the earth.
9
One perched itself at a bound on the pedestal of the harp.
10
An appropriate inscription was placed on the south side of the pedestal.
11
Besides, you will find my name written in pencil under the pedestal.
12
In the end she had to accept a pedestal of her own.
13
The column itself must be seventy or eighty feet above the pedestal.
14
It means taking them out of the gutter or off the pedestal.
15
Harry strode to the little pedestal where the suit of armor stood.
16
Before the old moss-mellowed pedestal I pressed Marie desperately to my heart.
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Pedestal through the time
Pedestal across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common