Sentences with phrase «held on a pedestal»

Superficially, it's obvious why: There are the global - scale economic and political effects a manipulated outcome could have, and the psychological appeal of attacking a democratic process that the US holds on a pedestal.

I'm sure he held her on a pedestal the entire time he was gone.

Dog fanciers talk down to «backyard breeders» (breeders that have no vested interest in showing their dog in any venue, but breed to produce pets), holding themselves on a pedestal because they «breed with a purpose».

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Some say marriage is a dissolving institution, just par for the course in this sea of modernity we're swimming in, and still others seem to hold it on an impossibly high pedestal, as though one's life doesn't begin until one's wedding day: when you find your soulmate, your «other half,» you will have found your ultimate fulfillment, the one who will dispel your loneliness forever.

They're either held to a higher standard or put on a pedestal.

A real conundrum I find with Christians of various theological persuasions is that they harp on how we must be engaged in studying the Bible, how the Bible is our guide in life, and hold the Bible on a pedestal, much like rabbinic Jews hold the Torah or Catholic hold up their Eucharist, but when it comes to the nitty - gritty of how they have come to know God, no matter how they explain it, it ends up being on the basis of experience.

I certainly think (as you have shown) in the past that the doctrine of inspired scripture has caused some to place the Bible on a pedestal that only the clergy should have access to, but just because some have unfortunately held that view, that does invalidate whether scripture is inspired or not.

I love doing the layer cakes, but by the time you put them on a pedestal plate they are nearly impossible to travel with unless you have a willing husband to hold it!

Mr Cameron told the Lib Dem leader not to «put himself on a pedestal» over MPs» expenses, after Mr Clegg repeated his claim that politicians from «both of the old parties» had not been held to account for flipping their second home designations to maximise their income from allowances.

Ever notice that we often downplay the good that we do, while simultaneously holding another person on a pedestal for the exact same thing?

This especially holds true for people we put on pedestals.

I looked for this in relationships when I was younger, but I always felt that it's unattractive when a guy holds me too highly on a pedestal.

I love a woman that likes to hold hands and wants to be put on a pedestal, as well as the journey to it.

When it comes down to it, if you hold the 1985 film on a pedestal, you'll probably be offended that they even considered remaking Fright Night.

We must hold facts on the highest pedestal and believe them as so.

There are ways to address disparities in education and hold everyone accountable without putting one cultural group on a pedestal and devaluing the cultural knowledge of other groups.

The Blackberry Playbook... holds security on a very high pedestal because of RIMs background in enterprise, so its no surprise that they won't allow known vulnerabilities to just hang around.

You would already know that I hold the brand spanking new game Square Off by Gnomic Studios on a very high pedestal.

My friend who was with me was holding the sculpture on the street, on this big pedestal, while I was dancing around the sculpture.

In one gallery, devoted to the year 1966, vitrines on pedestals hold small sculptures and editioned objects by artists like Vija Celmins and Allan D'Arcangelo alongside modish design objects, such as a Lucite tape dispenser.

These amazing large - scale pieces stand on the square base of the beam that becomes a sort of built - in pedestal, or plinth, that holds the carved parts as they spire upwards.

The exhibition will balance the Cuban artist's early performances — such as Tribute to Ana Mendieta, 1985 — 96, a series of reenactments of the older artist's body works, and Studio Study, 1996, an endurance piece in which she stood for hours on a high pedestal while holding raw meat — with pieces that followed her development of Arte de Conducta, or the «Art of Behavior,» around 2002.

A pedestal holds a pristinely carved, white marble skull, dulled on its planes from its former life as his son's eraser.

A woven seagrass serving tray from Williams Sonoma (from my mom) holding the following: a ceramic turquoise teapot from my MIL (that has a small white bird on top) sitting on it), nestled beside a vanilla bean candle on a pedestal that's wrapped in burlap.

I placed my glass bird cloche on top of a pedestal holding a battery operated candle (remember my «trash to treasure» post), some spanish moss and trimmed with some green beaded garland.

Her washer and dryer also sit on a DIY storage pedestal that holds three laundry baskets for clean clothes.