How to Use dais in a Sentence

dais

noun

• Then a man in a gray suit with a shock of white hair reached the dais.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
• But others are less sure about who else would sit on the dais.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2019
• One screen will be placed high on the wall on either end of the dais.
  — cleveland, 16 Dec. 2021
• McArn took her new seat at the dais next to Jeane.
  — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
• Herbst was often times the odd man out on the dais.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
• Norby talks about the fact that there’s discord up on the dais.
  — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
• The two new council members will serve four-year terms on the dais.
  — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
• Some don’t sit on the dais with adult members, but at their own table.
  — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, 29 Oct. 2021
• Discussion on the dais was tense.
  — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2026
• The role of the faith groups was well represented on the dais.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• The chair may also remove their mask when speaking from the dais.
  — Chandelis Duster, CNN, 23 May 2021
• Heard went to his seat on the committee dais and gathered his things.
  — oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2020
• Harris then moved to take her seat at the dais and will sit next to the speaker for the speech.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2023
• Parents and siblings were called to the dais as each student's name was called.
  — Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2018
• During board meetings, the two sit less than ten feet from each other on the dais.
  — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2024
• Over the past few years, there’s been too much emotion in the council chambers and on the dais.
  — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2025
• The trio had small orange candles on the dais in front of them on Tuesday.
  — The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
• On a dais stood a large icon of Mary, surrounded by scores of candles.
  — Fred Bahnson, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
• So to Mourning, leave luck to others on the lottery dais.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
• Kershaw smiled, rose from the dais and grabbed Blake in a protective hug.
  — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 20 July 2022
• But even the coach who got through the team meeting without a tear started breaking down on the dais.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
• After a 10-minute break, Luna was sworn in and took her place on the dais.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2023
• Four years later, Pichai stood on a dais to watch Trump take the oath of office.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
• The email that did come was an invite from Shark Tank, with Cuban on the dais.
  — Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
• Too weak and out of breath to stand at the dais, Marsden sat in the front row of the audience.
  — Max Blau, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2024
• Commissioners did not discuss the item on the dais.
  — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
• At the dais after the game, Hinch mimicked his thought process as the ball traveled through the air.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 7 June 2025
• Trump on the inauguration dais, that sort of thing.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
• The phrase and the Costa Mesa seal are above the dais in the council chamber.
  — Daily Pilot, 14 Sep. 2019
• For some in the audience — and behind the dais — the safe storage debate hit close to home.
  — Rebecca Ellisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023