Sentence examples for podium against from inspiring English sources

Tom moved the podium against the wall and put the chairs in a circle.

He took the podium against a backdrop of 24 US flags plus state flags, with son Barron on his left and running mate Mike Pence on his right, as the crowd chanted "U-S-A!

Spotlighted on the podium against a darkened Grand Hall on the night of March 24 last year was a charismatic figure with prematurely white hair and such impassioned oratorical skills that the several hundred in the audience seemed enthralled as he denounced modern medicine, accused the pharmaceutical industry of murderous intent and hailed vitamins and minerals as the cure for all diseases.

Head coach Chris Furber said: "We have seen some strong performances from our riders in the last few days and it's particularly pleasing to see Karen Darke win two silvers and the new pairing of Lora Turnham and Fiona Duncan on podium against a world class field.

Kuchciński decided to transfer the sitting and the budget vote outside the main chamber after opposition politicians occupied the parliamentary podium protesting against a plan to curb media access and against Kuchciński's decision to exclude one lawmaker.

The Rome production is important because it marks Mr. Muti's return to the podium — reportedly against doctor's orders — after he had a fainting spell last month during a Chicago Symphony rehearsal and subsequently had a pacemaker implanted.

This seems to be going too far and bloggers have detected an "odium against podium".

Now the drumbeat against podium has started again, often paired with resistance to another Olympic verb of victory: to medal.

When the speaker abruptly terminated a debate on the subject and readied to pass the bill, opposition MPs besieged his podium, shouting slogans against him and General Musharraf.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Hammering a podium and railing against the rich and powerful, Prabowo Subianto, a former general now in the homestretch of Indonesia's presidential campaign, whipped up the crowd of thousands.

In a raucous and highly emotional debate on the second day of a party congress, many of the 2,000 delegates cheered calls from the podium for measures against "Islamic symbols of power" and jeered a plea for dialogue with Germany's Muslims.