How to Use pedestal in a Sentence

pedestal

noun
  • That alone placed her on a pedestal.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • None of that seems to be enough to knock tech work off its pedestal.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Folks are climbing up on his pedestal, which is not roped off.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
  • That would truly put the show back on its rightful pedestal.
    — Michael Cuby, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
  • Give it extra height by putting it on top of a cement pedestal.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Kaavia blew a kiss to the audience and left the pedestal.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Kaavia blew a kiss to the audience and left the pedestal.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Turnovers will be placed on a pedestal by this defensive staff.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Neymar, though, has always been on a pedestal.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • The pedestal is wired to electrodes that rest on the surface of the brain.
    — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Wiedenfeld says that birdbaths don’t have to be a saucer on a pedestal.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
  • 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 only thing not to like is the wide legs, so be sure to wall mount this or buy a pedestal.
    — WIRED, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Maybe Swift can relate to people putting her on a pedestal?
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
  • His base and pedestal had been crafted in the previous few days.
    — Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Within days of the report, Chavez was pulled from his pedestal.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The bird bath features a pedestal that provides a stable base.
    — Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2022
  • This pre-lit spruce tree comes with a 4-foot pedestal stand for easy setup and placement.
    — Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 13 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • One of my sisters criticizes me for putting my friendships on a pedestal.
    — cleveland, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Someone submitted nothing and the gallery put it on a small pedestal.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Instead of lowering on a pedestal, the tabletop folds out of the way against the wall.
    — New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
  • To date, the attacks haven’t knocked McCormick from his pedestal.
    — Eric Bradner, CNN, 4 Apr. 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
  • By song’s end, Underwood was lifted a few feet off the ground on a pedestal.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Line the bottom of your elegant glass pedestal bowl with chunks of chocolate cake.
    — Kathryn Streeter, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
  • Line the bottom of your elegant glass pedestal bowl with chunks of chocolate cake.
    — Kathryn Streeter, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
  • In some cases, the platforms that keep their fans engaged are also what knocks them off the pedestal.
    — Josh Wilson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • But Shaw’s piece doesn’t place convention on a pedestal — quite the contrary.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • Because in order to steal them, that's the easiest way to-- to get them off the pedestal.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 28 June 2026

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