On the summit, hard and clear like an equestrian statue upon its pedestal, was a mounted soldier, dark and stern, his rifle poised ready over his forearm.

“There is something called the ethical pedestal that we talk about,” Hunter says. “Women are presumed to be more moral and more honest than men, but if they are accused of lying or wrongdoing, it's a lot harder for them to climb back up on the pedestal if they fall.”

A bust of Aristotle stands on a pedestal in the entryway.

Yanni was infatuated and put Skura on a pedestal.

He has her on a pedestal.

Yanni took the pedestal off.

The sky is a pedestal for stars.

Sami was toppled off the political pedestal.

American citizens paid for the statue's pedestal.