He stood on a podium.
It can be used as a regular noun.
The student was asked to approach the podium and make his speech.
raised platform
Palms sweating and his face red, speaker stepped up to the podium with his speech.
Bill wrote a speech to give his fellow editors at their yearly convention. As he approached the podium, he hoped his speech would be well-received...he was an editor after-all, not a writer.
The choir sang from the hymnal during Sunday service.
Podium.
The guest speaker walked up to the podium and introduced himself to the audience.
You could use the word proudly in any sentence that you want. As long as it makes sense. Ex: "Well, I'm glad it didn't turned out as bad as i thought it would," she answered proudly.. To be honest their is lots of ways you can put proudly into a sentence of your own:)
There are 3 syllables in the word podium, divided as follows:po\di\um
The root word for "podia" is "podium," which comes from the Latin word "podium" meaning a raised platform or stage.
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