How To Use Rostrum In A Sentence
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There were drinks and chatting and the two Ambassadors mounted a rostrum to give their speeches.
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He too pronounces ex cathedra upon the characters of his contemporaries; and though he scruples not to deal out praise, even lavishly, to the lowest reptile in Grubstreet who will either flatter him in private, or mount the public rostrum as his panegyrist, he damns all the other writers of the age, with the utmost insolence and rancour —
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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This trilogy is interesting technically, as it shows a virtuosity of rostrum technique, combined with stylised and painstaking animation drawing.
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Hours later, he repeated the remark even more confidently on the victory rostrum.
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Other delphinids possess a melon, but their rostrum is short and the bulging forehead merely gives the head a squared-off appearance.
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As they reached the steps, a squad of militiamen escorted them to the big stone rostrum near the fire.
A TIME OF WAR
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Roasted, pulverised and dissolved in wine, the lobster's rostrum is served as a medicine for a variety of urinary diseases, as well as for removal of kidney stones.
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The rostrum in rorquals is long and tapers to a point (though it is comparatively broad in blue whales) and, in contrast to other mysticetes, a stout finger-like extension of the maxillary bone extends posteriorly, overlapping the nasals and abutting the supraoccipital (the shield-like plate that forms the rear margin of the skull).
Archive 2006-10-01
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The cingulate sulcus begins below the rostrum of the corpus callosum and arches in front of the genu of the corpus callosum, about a finger's breadth distant from it.
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Modern monotremes lack teeth as adults; sutures are hard to see; the rostrum is elongate, beak-like, and covered by a leathery sheath; and lacrimal bones are absent.
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In Berlioz, he planted the two harps in front of the orchestra, on either side of his rostrum, and banished bells and drums to the unseen backstage.
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This was not, however, the same as the hemipteran rostrum.
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You can go for a "rostrum" system, which sounds flash, but can be assembled quite cheaply.
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She was a slave and a mother and her rostrum was the auction block.
Golden State
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The zalambdalestids are attractive as rabbit or macroscelidan ancestors since they are clearly jumping animals, and had an elongated rostrum quite possibly supporting a proboscis similar to those of elephant shrews.
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When needed to enhance visual communication, two 20 by 30-foot video screens drop down on either side of the rostrum.
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Copson was a good teacher, whether behind the rostrum with his general class or in tutorials or seminars with his honours or research students.
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Later, the magistrate asked the presspersons, who were standing near the rostrum, to go further behind where it was overcrowded and also where only one door was kept open.
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In the hands of a friendly receiver this car became a boon to the capitol contingent; its observation platform served as a shifting rostrum from which a deep-chested executive or a mellifluous Hawk often addressed admiring crowds at way stations, and its dining saloon was the moving scene of many little relaxative feasts, at which _Veuve Cliquot_ flowed freely, priceless cigars were burned, and the members of the organization unbent, each after his kind.
The Grafters
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The artist who carved this elegant example exaggerated the length of the fish's toothed rostrum and streamlined its body.
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The film proceeds through numbered graphite sketches, the rostrum camera deliberately positioned to capture both the mechanics and the magic of the animation process.
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But at least a large proportion of the crowd booed as he smarmed his way onto the rostrum, as was also the case at the Rugby League grand final.
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As they reached the steps, a squad of militiamen escorted them to the big stone rostrum near the fire.
A TIME OF WAR
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He yanked his robe up to his waist and raced on naked bandy legs to the stone rostrum at the east of the forum.
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After the Tribune, he moved to the other side of the speaker's rostrum, becoming the public affairs manager of the Transit Authority.
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A proper rostrum is a very involved affair with the camera vertically above a flat surface so that you can zoom in, pan, and so on.
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Onopordinis_, but proportionably more elongate and less convex; rostrum and thorax longer; pilosity of the body underneath much thinner and shorter; thighs thicker, more clavate, the anterior evidently costate-rugose underneath; without whitish marks on the elytra, and without that layer of light-brown earth-like pollinose transudation which is often wanting in rubbed specimens of _Larinus
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
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Listening to him speak from the rostrum is often like listening to a venerable bishop preaching the revealed truth.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1937 - Presentation Speech
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The Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius) is found in the Yangtze River and has a cone-shaped snout rather than the long, paddle-like snout (known as a rostrum) of the North American paddlefish.
Archive 2007-01-01
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A powerfully built man, slightly hunched round shoulder level, he strides purposely onto the rostrum.
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In its traditional bricks-and-mortar configuration, Sotheby's was limited to the lots it could evaluate, catalog, store and sell from the rostrum each year.
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It grasps its victim in its forelegs and pierce it with its rostrum.
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If you cannot fit a second mic on the rostrum or the speaker will be using a lavalier, a shotgun mic can serve as a backup.
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Maily deals in lobby indication plate, lobby lamp box, baggage trolley, liquor trolley, VIP room dining car, table plate, room service car, rostrum, umbrella stand, and others products for hotel use.
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He was invited to sit on the rostrum as a representative of extramural instructors.
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In contrast to scavenging raptors, corvids and marabous, the azhdarchid rostrum does not appear to have been well braced around its openings (this is the naris in the birds, but the nasoantorbital fenestra in the azhdarchids), nor (with its bony dorsal crest) is the skull well suited for probing into body cavities, nor is the long, stiff neck in agreement with this lifestyle.
Archive 2006-04-01
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For example, in some morphologically based studies the issue is whether the lemnisci and proboscis of acanthocephalans are homologous to the hypodermic cushions and apical rostrum of bdelloids.
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There is a long, serrated rostrum and the abdomen bears pointed terminations on the pleura.
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Sometimes, as the pianist said, the conductor would leave the rostrum and lock himself in his dressing room.
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That's all set to be another interminable award ceremony with some possibly dreadful performances, but on the stage and next to that rostrum thingamy at which they give the awards out.
Drowned In Sound // Feed
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He earned his living as a trainee architect and a rostrum cameraman, a photocopier salesman and later as a debt collector.
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If the President can convey such a patriotic sense of possibility with vigor and meaning, he just might make the Speaker sniffle as he sits behind him on the rostrum Tuesday night.
Jim Kennedy: Obama's Mission: Make Boehner Cry
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I am cognisant of the traditional excellence of the introductions of speakers by Empire Club Presidents-an excellence that presumably each speaker from this renowned rostrum is challenged to match!
Towards Commonwealth Unity through the Sims Travelling Professorship
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To make the link, there is a platform that can rise or fall on scissor jacks; it can act as a goods lift or a rostrum for speakers.
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You should've seen the look on Tony's face, standing on the rostrum waiting for the receiving officer.
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On the rostrum, it became clear just how much winning meant to him after an 11-month drought.
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Amid warm applause the honoured guests mounted the rostrum.
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The relatively obtuse rostrum terminates almost directly in front of the anteriormost tooth socket.
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The rostrum from vrhich the Athetiinn oraturs spuke there, tamed towards the »ea ly Theniistocles,
Plutarch's Lives
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He planted the two harps in front of the orchestra, on either side of his rostrum, and banished bells and drums to the unseen backstage.
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Mid-way through his remarks, the presidential seal came undone from the front of the rostrum and fell to the floor of the stage with a clunk loudly amplified by the president's microphone.
Presidential Seal Falls During Obama Speech At Fortune Magazine 'Most Powerful Women Summit' (VIDEO)
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There is evidence of this destruction throughout the town, though it can only be accessed through rostrum pictures from the archaeological excavations.
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The fact he has reached the Olympics is like a gold medal for me but it would be great to see him on the rostrum on Sunday.
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Make no mistake, the pleasure in taking part does not exclude a strong spirit of competition, and there were some proud faces as winners took to the winning rostrums to be presented with medals.
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Things had so gone with him that the rostrum was his own, and a House crammed to overflowing was there to listen to him.
Phineas Finn
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Upon entering the hall from the gallery of the rotunda, the viewer faced the elevated rostrum of the speaker at the south end, located under an arch that featured coffers filled with plaster rosettes.
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Typical species are considered the yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia), the bicolored conebill (Conirostrum bicolor), the clapper rail (Rallus longirostris), the great-tailed grackle (Cassidix mexicanus), the spotted tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum maculatum), the rufous crab-hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis), the crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) and the arboreal snake (Corallus hortulanus).
Coastal Venezuelan mangroves
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Jacqueline du Pre was a gawky 20 year-old with a dazzling smile when she stepped into Kingsway Hall, Holborn, on August 19, 1965 to find Sir John Barbirolli on the rostrum and the London Symphony Orchestra in murmurous mood.
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The opening of the infraorbital canal is sunk into a vacuity that penetrates the rostrum.
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Thousands of eyes are fixed on the Tian An Men rostrum.
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The skull of the fennec fox is relatively short, broad over the braincase and tapers sharply toward the rostrum, forming a slender and narrow muzzle.
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In basic terms, the rostrum is shaped like a very long scalene triangle: it’s deepest at the level of the nasoantorbital fenestra, but gradually tapers rostrally to a point.
Archive 2006-04-01
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All heteropterans have a beak-like mouth (rostrum) that originates at the anterior tip of the head and lies posteriorly underneath the body when not in use.
Insecta (Aquatic)
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In basic terms, the rostrum is shaped like a very long scalene triangle: it’s deepest at the level of the nasoantorbital fenestra, but gradually tapers rostrally to a point.
Archive 2006-04-01
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Species identification was based on the morphologies of the rostrum and the 5th pleura.
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The rostrum is relatively short and blunt, with rounded lateral edges.
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Signior Lampone and Anne Lucas climbed up on to the rostrum, and the applause swelled.
THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
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At the very far end of the rostrum one could just discern a tribunal of sapient figures seated around a table.
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The rostrum in homolids is usually bifid, while that of P. gorrelli is characterized by two lateral rostral spines and a downturned, central rostral spine.
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Upon entering the hall from the gallery of the rotunda, the viewer faced the elevated rostrum of the speaker at the south end, located under an arch that featured coffers filled with plaster rosettes.
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Gerhardt touched Veronica's hand and nodded towards the rostrum, his eyes narrowed.
DARE CALL IT TREASON
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Putting his characters on the rostrum he sends up everything from the contextual pieties of the new historicists to the gender fixations of the post-feminists.
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Using its front legs the giant water bug gripped the turtle inserting its syringe-like rostrum into the prey's neck in order to feed.
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While sound is amplified throughout the auditorium, certain parts of the audible spectrum are delayed in the seating areas farthest from the rostrum.
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He elbowed his way through the crowd towards the rostrum.
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Onopordinis_, but proportionably more elongate and less convex; rostrum and thorax longer; pilosity of the body underneath much thinner and shorter; thighs thicker, more clavate, the anterior evidently costate-rugose underneath; without whitish marks on the elytra, and without that layer of light-brown earth-like pollinose transudation which is often wanting in rubbed specimens of _Larinus
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
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The gentleman in the rostrum is a voluble personage, with a rapidly roving eye, of preternatural quickness in picking up "bids.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 21, 1891
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Its anterior curved end, termed the genu, gradually tapers into a thinner portion, the rostrum, which is continued downward and backward in front of the anterior commissure to join the lamina terminalis.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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The odd Militant supporter appears at the conference rostrum and is easy to spot.
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Athenaeum, assembled in their committee-room, and thence marshalled by the chairman and vice-chairman to his rostrum in the lecture-hall, round about which the magnates of the institution and the notabilities of the town were rallied on this public occasion.
The Newcomes
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During this overture the patrico and the upright man had ascended the rostrum, each taking his place; the former on the right hand of Turpin, the latter upon his left.
Rookwood
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The characters which distinguish this genus from Pentarthrum are the obviously basally contracted rostrum, deep broad scrobes, short scape, incrassate elytral margins, strongly singly rounded apices, and sutural notch, these last two being quite exceptional features amongst the Cossonidae.
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The rostrum is longer than wide; its lateral borders slightly converge anteriorly.
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Under the rostrum was the vestry, and through a trap door in the rostrum floor the preacher climbed from the vestry to his place.
The Hymns of Wesley and Watts: Five Papers
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Onopordinis_, but proportionably more elongate and less convex; rostrum and thorax longer; pilosity of the body underneath much thinner and shorter; thighs thicker, more clavate, the anterior evidently costate-rugose underneath; without whitish marks on the elytra, and without that layer of light-brown earth-like pollinose transudation which is often wanting in rubbed specimens of _Larinus
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
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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.
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Inside the hotel ballroom, he was at a rostrum giving a rousing speech to a packed house.
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According to Ulrich von Hutten the elephant 'fuit mirabile animal, habens longum rostrum in magna quantitate; et quando vidit Papam tunc geniculavit ei et dixit cum terribili voce _bar, bar, bar_' (apud Theophilo Braga, _Gil Vicente e as
Four Plays of Gil Vicente
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The lowered position of these surfaces require downward flexion of the rostrum in order to maintain occlusion of upper and lower incisors.
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All I had to do was get up from my chair and step forward to the rostrum to speak.
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At its peak, St. David's were regulars on the winners rostrum in the county leagues championships.
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a sudden on this rostrum is a somewhat uncomfortable and trying experience.
Joseph Brodsky - Nobel Lecture
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It is suggested that these may have acted as hydrofoils, and along with the rostrum and downturned tail, elevated the front of the body during swimming.
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He was invited to sit on the rostrum as a representative of extramural instructors.
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Offspring from each female were measured from the rostrum to the end of the last large coxa.
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He elbowed his way through the crowd towards the rostrum.
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When August comes around and Bovell more than likely mounts the medal rostrum in Athens, he will find himself under a kind of scrutiny he's never experienced.