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Recent Examples of pulpitSpeaking at the pulpit of the city’s historic Tabernacle Baptist Church, the site of the first mass meeting of the voting rights movement, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said what happened in Selma changed the nation.—Kim Chandler and Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025 At the forum, citizens could shop, socialize and catch up on political news from the city’s leaders, who delivered speeches and edicts on the basilica’s pulpit.—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025 For Warnock, his legislative agenda is a reflection of his decades spent in the storied pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church, the same platform the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served in Atlanta and where Warnock still preaches every Sunday as its senior pastor.—Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025 Inside, marvel at the pulpit intricately carved of four local woods.—Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pulpit
The Vatican long ago had offered to help facilitate peace talks, and Francis had regularly called for peace and dialogue from the altar of the basilica.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Apr. 2025
Standing just off the main altar inside Santa Cruz Church, Ana María calmly pulled out her replacement phone — her original had been recently stolen.
Langley also had some memorable comments in her many turns at the podium.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 May 2025
The American star came second in the super-G at the World Cup finals in March to become the oldest female Alpine skier to make the podium of a World Cup race by six years.
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