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
• Darbi told the jury from the war court’s lawyer lectern.
  — Carol Rosenberg, miamiherald, 13 Oct. 2017
• Leftwich stepped away from the lectern, grabbed a page of notes, and resumed.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2018
• One by one, the former students walked to a lectern and told the judge how Kline groomed them.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
• Walz will stand behind the lectern on the left side of the stage, which will be on the right side of viewers' screens.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
• The grieving woman steps up to a lectern at the graveside.
  — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 9 May 2017
• 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
• At the evening meeting, supporters of the smoking ban went first to the lectern.
  — Robert Cadwallader, star-telegram.com, 9 May 2017
• Then King turned and appeared to collapse in a seat behind the lectern.
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
• 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
• Plummer made his way to the lectern on the tarmac and shared his excitement over the win against Texas.
  — Ashleigh R Wilson, azcentral, 29 July 2016
• Strangio will present the arguments for these plaintiffs at the lectern in the ornate courtroom.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025