How do you use Lectern in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like stand, plus the exact meaning.
Lectern meaning
- A stand with a slanted top used to support a Bible from which passages are read during a church service.
- A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.
Synonyms of Lectern
Using Lectern
- The main meaning on this page is: A stand with a slanted top used to support a Bible from which passages are read during a church service. | A similar stand to support a lecturer's notes.
- Useful related words include: reading desk, stand.
- In the example corpus, lectern often appears in combinations such as: the lectern, lectern and, lectern to.
Context around Lectern
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lectern
- In this selection, "lectern" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, portable, iconic, correct, purloining and awaiting stand out and add context to how "lectern" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a portable lectern to block and approached the lectern on a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lectern" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lectern
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After stepping down from the lectern, Trump shook hands with the dignitaries in the audience. (15 words)
He also is standing directly in front of the jury, like Wood, rather than at the lectern. (17 words)
And much of the tumult, not surprisingly, surrounds who is standing behind the game show’s iconic lectern. (18 words)
A CNN coin flip won by Biden means he will stand at a lectern on the the right-side of the stage while Trump will be on the left, though Trump will get the last word by delivering his closing statement second. (42 words)
The Disney fan event also saw footage from Captain America: Brave New World slated for February 2025, with Harrison Ford starring as President Ross, who transforms into the Red Hulk behind the presidential lectern in front of the White House. (40 words)
It was barely an hour into the S.C. House’s marathon session Wednesday when freshman Rep. Heather Bauer stepped to the lectern and asked her colleagues to cut $163,999 out of the $13 billion state budget. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
After entering the building, prosecutors say he made his way to the Crypt, where he and others moved a portable lectern to block a door from closing.
And much of the tumult, not surprisingly, surrounds who is standing behind the game show’s iconic lectern.
He also is standing directly in front of the jury, like Wood, rather than at the lectern.
Ms Hosch, 53, who was speaking directly after Prime Minister revealed the date of the Voice referendum will be October 14, approached the lectern on a wheelchair before slowly standing to rapturous applause from the crowd.
Off to the side, Sony Ton-Aime, a poet and the director of the literary-arts program at Chautauqua, stepped to a lectern to introduce the talk.
Smith shook his head as he continued, banging the lectern and removing his steamed glasses from his face covered in tears.
The correct lectern is mothballed in the studio where they planned to film the Apollo 10 moon landing.
The lectern’s purchase was first uncovered by Matthew Campbell, an attorney and blogger who has sued State Police for withholding records he had requested about Sanders’ travel and security.
There are some instantly recognizable J6 insurrectionists who aren’t Proud Boys or Oath Keepers—think that jabroni in the viking hatConfederate Flag toter,lectern-purloining weirdo with the gormless grin.
While presenting the Palme d'Or to French director Justine Triet, Fonda threw the award at Triet after she accidentally left a scroll on the lectern.
A CNN coin flip won by Biden means he will stand at a lectern on the the right-side of the stage while Trump will be on the left, though Trump will get the last word by delivering his closing statement second.
All but one of them used their time at the lectern to ask Superintendent Jermall Wright to change his mind and stay.
As Mr. Ryan spoke, Mr. Vance — whose wife, Usha Chilukuri, is the daughter of Indian immigrants — swayed behind a lectern awaiting his turn to speak.
It was barely an hour into the S.C. House’s marathon session Wednesday when freshman Rep. Heather Bauer stepped to the lectern and asked her colleagues to cut $163,999 out of the $13 billion state budget.
Mr. Vance and Mr. Walz will each stand at a lectern, the first time since 2008 that vice-presidential candidates have not debated while seated at a table.
The Disney fan event also saw footage from Captain America: Brave New World slated for February 2025, with Harrison Ford starring as President Ross, who transforms into the Red Hulk behind the presidential lectern in front of the White House.
The only known media picture of the lectern before Tuesday had been a photo the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ran on its front page last year after Sanders’ office allowed the paper to see it.
Visitors will also notice a change to the liturgical lay-out of the cathedral, whose altar, lectern and seating were all destroyed.
After McCarthy’s speech, Washington Lt. Gov. Victor Aloysius Meyers, a former band leader, traipsed across the stage and seized the lectern.
After stepping down from the lectern, Trump shook hands with the dignitaries in the audience.
Common combinations with lectern
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the lectern 22×
- lectern and 7×
- lectern to 5×
- at lectern 3×
- lectern on 2×
- behind lectern 2×
- lectern in 2×