set on a pedestal
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Because the sculpture is large, tall, and set on a pedestal, it requires viewers either to look up at it or to regard it from a distance—both postures requiring a certain degree of reverence.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
The fibreglass structure was set on a pedestal and had four symmetrical wings.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2018
Their Philadelphia firm famously proposed a monumental red apple set on a pedestal in the place of the Times Tower.
From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2014
To one side of the dish is a small conch shell set on a pedestal; to the other, a small silver handbell.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Well, in the land and cattle boom a few years ago he was picked up and set on a pedestal.
From Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories by Adams, Andy
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