How to Use pulpit in a Sentence
pulpit
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God can be found in the pews of the pulpit or at a ball.
— Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 29 July 2022 -
Whispers made their way from the pulpit to the back of the line.
— Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 9 June 2020 -
On this one, kill him, take him to his church, dump him in the pulpit. .
— J.r. Jones, Chicago Reader, 15 Mar. 2018 -
Inside the chapel, a large picture of Mr. Floyd hung above the pulpit.
— Ben Chapman, WSJ, 4 June 2020 -
In the spring, skunk cabbage was coming up, Jack-in-the-pulpit.
— Thomas Gebremedhin, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2018 -
They are told from the pulpit to give first, save second and live off the rest of their incomes.
— Craig Harris, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021 -
The gallery is now the congregation and the stand now becomes the pulpit.
— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2021 -
Some are preaching about mental health from the pulpit for the first time.
— Aneri Pattani, CNN, 30 Nov. 2020 -
The pulpit was mounted on a hinged section of the wooden floor.
— James Hales Remembering Rogers, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2023 -
The suspect stood up and began making his way to the pulpit.
— Rachel Wegner, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2021 -
Moore later delivered the speech, which won first place in the state, at the chapel pulpit.
— Sydney Trent, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2022 -
But even in King’s day, movements couldn’t be reduced to a face on TV or a voice at the pulpit.
— Washington Post, 22 June 2018 -
The pastors who made the Baylor list had plenty of pulpit chops to call on.
— John Blake, CNN, 1 May 2018 -
The camera panned to Pastor Bruns, standing next to his son at the pulpit.
— Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 5 May 2020 -
And now there will be more words imparted from the pulpit.
— Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2021 -
Toni Kennedy read proclamations from the city and the state that were projected on a screen near the pulpit.
— Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 23 Nov. 2020 -
Her casket, draped in white cloth, was rolled before the pulpit.
— Mará Rose Williams, kansascity, 6 Oct. 2017 -
The church's pulpit was King's and later became Warnock's.
— Fox News, 20 Dec. 2021 -
This topic has had a home on Williamson’s podiums, pulpits, and pages for decades.
— Jenni Avins, Quartz, 30 July 2019 -
After the Mass, the mission was closed again to finish the last bit of restoration work around the altar and pulpit.
— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022 -
Until a year ago when in the wake of Aniah’s death, Elijah felt the Lord’s spirit telling him to go back to the pulpit.
— Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 26 Oct. 2020 -
Her dad left the pulpit, fought the man to the ground, disarmed him and then dragged him to the altar and held him in a half-nelson until the man prayed.
— John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2018 -
Kanye will take to the pulpit a second time Sunday to perform with his choir at the 7 p.m. service.
— Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 14 Nov. 2019 -
The challenges that campaigns pose for faith leaders, most of whom don't endorse from the pulpit, aren't unique to the Trump era.
— Elana Schor, Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020 -
Fittingly, the church’s pulpit, shrines and Stations of the Cross were hand-carved in Germany.
— Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2019 -
At the Easter church service, the minister taunts him from the pulpit.
— Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 4 Aug. 2022 -
Another coming-soon item is the pulpit from the Nazarene Church.
— Sam Boyer, cleveland, 16 July 2021 -
Yet the large choir stand behind the pulpit is opened for dozens who arrive later and will not find an open seat.
— Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2023 -
The pulpit was tall and deep with burgundy red carpeting.
— Nina Turner, Newsweek, 10 July 2024 -
Malice is mostly reflective, referencing John 10:10 on one verse and rhyming about his winding journey from the streets to the pulpit.
— Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
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