How to Use lectern in a Sentence

lectern

noun

• Around noon, Trump stepped to the lectern in the White House briefing room.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
• There were rows of desks, and a lectern behind a fence at the front.
  — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
• The lectern is facing the jurors on the right side of the courtroom.
  — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
• Duke set it down as the Rev. Roy L. Tate stepped toward the lectern.
  — Noelle Crombie, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 16 Dec. 2022
• Pence cried out, spreading his arms to grasp each side of the lectern.
  — T.a. Frank, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
• The tall figure strode up to the blackboard behind the lectern.
  — Alexander Kluge, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
• In Aspen, the set was spare, just four lecterns on the main stage, flanked by two screens.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 1 July 2018
• Barbara stood a few steps away from the lectern and faced the shooter head-on.
  — Jazmine Hughes, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• One by one, the former students walked to a lectern and told the judge how Kline groomed them.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
• The first stop was at what looked like a lectern, in a cubicled room.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2021
• First, there’s the marble lectern—a relic of a Catholic church—which still serves as the host stand.
  — Bebe Howorth, ELLE Decor, 31 July 2023
• There had to be a run on throat lozenges with all that bellowing from the lectern.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022
• Amer will stand at a White House lectern one day and lead a protest outside its doors the next.
  — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 21 Apr. 2023
• Ryan shouted from a lectern on the House floor on Tuesday.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
• The bathroom became backstage and the bed was my lectern.
  — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 27 June 2021
• Bright African textiles were wrapped around the altar and lectern.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• Seconds ticked away as the man at the lectern tried to compose himself enough to speak.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• Jeffries’ response was to turn to the Bible, reciting a portion of Psalm 37 from the lectern.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2020
• Sharma led me past a counter with a tap for cold brew and into a room filled with chairs and a lectern.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• Thunberg, who is five feet tall, could barely be seen over the lectern.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• The crowd rose to its feet as Hadzic, overcome with emotion, stepped away from the lectern.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 May 2024
• The true seal was also on the lectern where the president spoke for 80 minutes.
  — The Washington Post, oregonlive.com, 25 July 2019
• The governor, standing at a lectern, then pulled out a pen and signed the pardons.
  — Jeff Barker, baltimoresun.com, 8 May 2021
• Trump ducked behind a lectern as agents piled on top of him as human shields.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 14 July 2024
• When the music died down, Valerie Sheares Ashby took hold of the lectern and gazed around the room.
  — Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2023
• Smith said at the lectern in Lake City, taking a sip of water from a large crystal glass.
  — Ruth Franklin, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
• Over the course of the evening, speakers filed in one-by-one to stand behind a lectern and face a surreal scene.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2021
• Those who spoke Tuesday went to a lectern about 20 feet from the 24-year-old gunman, stared him in the eye and let out their anger and grief.
  — CBS News, 2 Nov. 2022
• Harris and Trump will not be allowed to bring prewritten notes on stage, but will have a pen, notepad and bottle of water at their lecterns.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2024
• The two shook hands before Vance took his place at his lectern, and both began taking notes on the pen and paper that was provided.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024