Use "lectern" in a sentence

1. Mackie went to the desk and lectern and turned back to face them

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2. Selecting a large old ledger, leather bound and covered in dust, he set it on the lectern by the side of the desk and carefully opened the cover

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3. Hands moving to either side of the lectern, the President said, “Given Arakiel’s endorsement of peace, the United States welcomes our visitor with an offer of friendship

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4. They walked up the three steps to the lectern and Josh

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5. The first lady appeared calm, but the hands she clasped together behind the lectern

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6. At assembly on Friday morning the headmaster gazed across the lectern at the pupils; collecting his thoughts

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7. The school shuffled in baffled silence while their headmaster extracted the leather-bound bible from the shelf in the back of the lectern, placed it ceremoniously on top, opened it carefully, removed his spectacles, cleaned them on a white handkerchief, replaced them slowly, cleared his throat, and read:

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8. Mr Nikelseer glowered at the assembled pupils from behind his lectern, academic gown fluttering in the light breeze like a twitchy bat

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9. The deputy headmaster, not a man to mince words, stood solemnly at the lectern

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10. IS YOUR FUNERAL )N THE ROOM THERE IS A LECTERN IN FRONT OF LONG ROWS OF SEATS 4O THE LEFT OF

11. THE LECTERN IF YOU WERE STANDING BEHIND IT IS A COFlN THAT HOLDS YOUR BODY 4HE ROOM IS FULL

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12. EDGE BY A STAGE /N ONE SIDE OF THE STAGE WAS A SPEAKERS LECTERN ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS

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13. The lady however had brushed past Jonathan, seemingly not having heard his enquiry, and seated herself in the plush velvet chair, facing a small velvet-topped lectern within arms-reach and of such a height that she could look down upon the lectern, which was illuminated by a spotlight, shining down from the ceiling

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14. Jonathan now placed himself behind the lectern, cleared his throat and announced in a sonorous voice:

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15. He stood at the lectern and smiled at the 200 hundred or so men sat in the room

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16. “The Aryan Brotherhood was formed from the ashes of several organizations,” Todd walked back to lectern and looked at his papers, “The biggest of those was the Nazi Party

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17. There was a small, illuminated lectern on the po-

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18. lectern, and on the top page "Harry Murphy" was printed in large, black letters

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19. I had successfully read the papers on the lectern

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20. The Chair, a Doctor Lise Meitner, was a stout, middle-aged woman who was standing on a raised platform at the head of the room behind a lectern

21. The room was filled with the excited attempts by most of the delegates to be noticed by the chair, with the notable exception of those from the US, Russia and China, and the president had to pound on his lectern to restore order

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22. The President patiently waited for a few moments and then, once more striking the lectern, he called for order

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23. The President paused; his arms straight to either side of the lectern, his head bowed projecting a weary demeanour

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24. Nancy, standing behind a lectern and facing 58 apprentice members of the Time Patrol, unceremoniously banged on the lectern with the butt of her Glock 17 pistol to catch their attention

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25. The teacher, a specialist in space operations, knocked a few times on his lectern to get the attention of his students

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26. It took a good forty minutes to review all 61 graduates, after which Boran and Nancy returned to the lectern, behind which Boran took place

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27. After the last prayer, he looked at Nancy while stepping back from his lectern

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28. Nancy then walked away from the lectern, heading to a position ten paces in front of the Ark, facing the central aisle

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29. Despite having reviewed the documentary many times already, Jan Bella still had a hard ball in his throat when he got up at the end to return to the lectern

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30. All eyes stayed on the two Neanderthal children as Sylvie took place behind the lectern and spoke in the microphone

31. As the operations officer was about to replace Wallace at the lectern, a liaison officer entered the room and went to Admiral Hart, whispering into his ear

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32. � Before Shannon could recover from his surprise and call the room to order, she smiled left and right and spoke in a clear voice while walking towards the lectern

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33. And she looked up from the lectern at the amphitheatre of faces

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34. They all took their seats at once as Kozhedub walked to the improvised lectern near a wall map of Indochina and Southern China

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35. Anthony of Padua took the lectern, ready to give comforting words to those in attendance

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36. He then listened on carefully as Watts spoke firmly in his microphone while facing a camera in a small recording studio, standing behind a lectern bearing the blazon of Mars

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37. Feeling a bit like someone being thrown into the proverbial snake pit, Ann got up and walked to the lectern, with Ferguson giving his place to her before returning to his seat

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38. John, leaving his bench, walked to the lectern reserved to the orators, taking place behind it

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39. I said to the Pastor, when you step up on the lectern and read the Bible, you will not be able to stand

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40. Four choir stalls, the podiums behind which each monastic celebrated the Liturgy of the Hours, lined both sides of the room and faced the front where a small table-like altar and ambo, the liturgical lectern from which the Word of God is proclaimed, stood

41. Clare, living with the community for several weeks now and considering actually entering the monastery, signed the words of the ceremony from a lectern to the right of the altar

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42. Atholl found a disused lectern

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43. he placed his dentures in the water on the lectern and proceeded to gum the

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44. The professor ambled back to the lectern

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45. ” A shadow retreated from the ad hoc lectern assembled from discarded wooden crates that was barely discernible in the abandoned warehouse, lit by a baggy-eyed moon hazed by smoke and dimmed by the surrounding Artificial Terrain Robotically Occupied-city

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46. He sat to the side of his lectern in a relaxed manner, as

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47. “Come on, Frank, is this necessary? Really, the Pointy Foods lectern? In our new conference room along with all the old vibes of Pointy Foods’ history? We have a great podium right here

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48. That, that… That’s your miserable, little lectern, Frank

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49. The bier stood near the lectern, between four rows of candles

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50. His hulking body appeared humorous behind the lectern on Sundays but it worked to his advantage when it came to handling the neighborhood teens at the sports outreach

51. Reagan lets go of Nancy’s hand and moves to the lectern

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52. ” The senator strides purposely to the lectern, making no attempt to heal any lingering wounds from the campaign

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53. The other symbol of the party stands at a lectern bearing the official seal of the president of the United States of America

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54. At the stroke of noon, the new vice president steps away from the lectern

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55. Knees buckling, voice cracking, and hands grasping the lectern so hard his knuckles turn white, Alexander Haig proclaims his authority to the nation on live TV

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56. She glanced back at the man in the sweater, and then over to Susi, who nodded encouragingly, and Celeste walked the few steps to stand behind the wooden lectern

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57. She gripped both sides of the lectern and leaned in close to the microphone

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58. Sometimes I could hardly see over the lectern

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59. The prosecutor, Sebastian Akers, drops a notepad on the lectern between the prosecution and defense tables

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60. revealed trestle tables, benches, a lectern and a wall painting of Jesus at a wedding feast

61. He buttoned his jacket and stepped out to the lectern in the well

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62. Meanwhile the officiating clergy had got into their vestments, and the priest and deacon came out to the lectern, which stood in the forepart of the church

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63. correct way, the priest walked a few paces in front of them and stopped at the lectern

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64. The little old priest in his ecclesiastical cap, with his long silvery-gray locks of hair parted behind his ears, was fumbling with something at the lectern, putting out his little old hands from under the heavy silver vestment with the gold cross on the back of it

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65. ‘Blessed is the name of our God, from the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,’ the little old priest answered in a submissive, piping voice, still fingering something at the lectern

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66. Turning again to the lectern, the priest with some difficulty took Kitty’s little ring, and asking Levin for his hand, put it on the first joint of his finger

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67. When the ceremony of plighting troth was over, the beadle spread before the lectern in the middle of the church a piece of pink silken stuff, the choir sang a complicated and elaborate psalm, in which the bass and tenor sang responses to one another, and the priest turning round pointed the bridal pair to the pink silk rug

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68. They enjoyed drinking out of the shallow cup of warm red wine and water, and they were still more pleased when the priest, flinging back his stole and taking both their hands in his, led them round the lectern to the accompaniment of bass voices chanting ‘Glory to God

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69. The Chancellor sits, and Kate tosses her lovely long hair behind her as she places her papers on the lectern

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70. The portable lectern was taken out from the corner and set in the middle of the fireplace, the two old servants came in, and Angel's father began to read at the tenth verse of the aforesaid chapter—

71. bier stood near the lectern, between four rows of candles

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72. Yuki took a slow turn away from the witness stand, headed toward the lectern, and stole a look at the jurors

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73. My partner and I made our way between the displays of new fiction and the long shelves of other books and reached the back corner of the store, where nine or ten people had taken seats facing a speaker at a lectern

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74. Yuki pushed back her chair and, propelled by an adrenaline rush, walked to the lectern in the center of the well

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75. AS YUKI STOOD behind the lectern, she felt warm all over, her heart and adrenal glands giving her a little more rush than she actually needed

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76. When it was time to present the plaintiff’s case, Yuki rose from her seat, walked past the lectern, and approached the jury box

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77. ” She pushed back her chair and stepped to the lectern, checking that her one-button jacket was closed, feeling her spine prickle as two hundred pairs of eyes focused on her

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78. “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,” Yuki said from the lectern

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79. DIANA DAVIS put her hands on both sides of the lectern and wiggled it until it was centered on the jury box

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80. Yuki put her hands on the sides of the lectern and began to speak from her heart

81. Raphael stepped out from behind the prosecution table and click-clacked smartly to the lectern in the center of the courtroom

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82. Placing the Bible like a brick on the lectern, an ignored cornerstone to his peroration, he lit out:

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