The professor lectured from the rostrum in the auditorium. From LearnThat.org.
A sudden on this rostrum is a somewhat uncomfortable and trying experience. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph Brodsky - Nobel Lecture] Reference
Listening to him speak from the rostrum is often like listening to a venerable bishop preaching the revealed truth. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Peace Prize 1937 - Presentation Speech] Reference
On the rostrum were the Rev.Messrs. Bobbitt and A. From Wordnik.com. [History of the University of North Carolina. Volume II: From 1868 to 1912] Reference
Hanging on either side of the rostrum was a Confederate battle-flag. From Wordnik.com. [Memories]
Things had so gone with him that the rostrum was his own, and a House crammed to overflowing was there to listen to him. From Wordnik.com. [Phineas Finn The Irish Member] Reference
Under the rostrum was the vestry, and through a trap door in the rostrum floor the preacher climbed from the vestry to his place. From Wordnik.com. [The Hymns of Wesley and Watts: Five Papers] Reference
Except that in Latin a ship's prow was called a rostrum and the plural of rostrum was rostra so they called the speaking platform rostra. From Wordnik.com. [ history] Reference
The rostrum is very prominent in dolphins. From Wordnik.com. [Dolphins and Porpoises] Reference
The kind of rostrum he occupied will be very well understood, if I liken it to. From Wordnik.com. [The Uncommercial Traveller] Reference
It stands on a kind of rostrum or pedestal, and you can see it's been there ten million years. From Wordnik.com. [Options] Reference
"Bishop Malthouse!" someone from the rostrum shouted. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
He glanced at the electronic board behind the rostrum. From Wordnik.com. [Last Call] Reference
He mounted on a temporary rostrum or pulpit, harangued the. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
And finally, as capacity was reached, he came to the rostrum. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
It was the rostrum of the lecturer and the arena of the debate. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
"You're a bit too late," replied the master of the rostrum, pointing out. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
I have spoken many times on the subject in the Senate and on the rostrum. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
The great debate attracted to the rostrum the ablest and best known speakers. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Every knot of men had its grievance; every flag in the pavement was a rostrum. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
There were other patrons on the far side of the rostrum; perhaps Steve was over there. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
The pilot board at the croupier's rostrum had a prearranged mathematical pattern on it. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
Dere's de bone Dave got hit wid up on de rostrum and deres Jim and Dave in de Amen Corners. From Wordnik.com. [De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts] Reference
And yet upon the rostrum came a man who held in his hand a contract between king and people. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Two Conservatives" lately figured on a distinguished rostrum and retailed their grievances. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
(Feb. 26) Luca, from the rostrum, speaks publicly in the Council on a matter in deliberation. From Wordnik.com. [Luca Signorelli] Reference
As Karzai and Zardari shared the rostrum together this afternoon, all vitriol from the past was gone. From Wordnik.com. [Good Intentions] Reference
The Buddhists, and the unbelievers who figure so boastingly upon the rostrum in modern times, speak alike. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880] Reference
Miss Clara had stepped from the graduating rostrum to the schoolroom platform, and she had been there some years. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
Alan decided to do his best to win; that way he could advance to the rostrum and scan the other half of the hall. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
It was quite evident that he had learned to fear his antagonist and did not wish again to risk meeting him on the rostrum. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Empire, beneath the banner-tasseled pine, and arched with fragrant fir boughs, made the prettiest possible rustic rostrum. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
When he clambered up on the rostrum they extended their audio-appendages and retractile fingers and accorded him a round of applause. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
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