How to Use dais in a Sentence

dais

noun

• Patrick sat at the helm of the Senate floor, in the dais.
  — Olivia Osteen, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2023
• Williams is no stranger to the center seat on the dais.
  — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 11 June 2018
• Then a man in a gray suit with a shock of white hair reached the dais.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
• One screen will be placed high on the wall on either end of the dais.
  — cleveland, 16 Dec. 2021
• The phrase and the Costa Mesa seal are above the dais in the council chamber.
  — Daily Pilot, 14 Sep. 2019
• But at least Len Goodman is back on the judges' dais, and a Chmerkovskiy is in the house!
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2021
• The role of the faith groups was well represented on the dais.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• Forbes said postgame, throwing her hands up at the dais.
  — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2024
• 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
• Here's who will be on the dais at some point Monday night.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2020
• Seated on the same dais, Mr. Pichai never spoke at the event.
  — Rob Copeland, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2020
• But others are less sure about who else would sit on the dais.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2019
• On the dais, the councillors all wore masks, even Tom Ross.
  — Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
• Gov. Tina Smith and others seated on the dais rushed to help him.
  — Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2017
• 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
• Singer then took his seat on the dais and resumed a meeting.
  — Marci Shatzman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 7 May 2018
• After a 10-minute break, Luna was sworn in and took her place on the dais.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2023
• Williams was the youngest of the five Trojans on the dais but clearly the most comfortable.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022
• That didn’t stop the three North Side councilmen from leaving the dais for the vote.
  — Molly Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2023
• The trio had small orange candles on the dais in front of them on Tuesday.
  — The Arizona Republic, 9 Jan. 2024
• The two Democrats had clashed on the dais of Alexandria’s city council chambers for the past three years.
  — Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post, 12 June 2018
• Newsom, Pelosi, Bass and Villaraigosa were among those who took seats on the dais.
  — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• One change at this week’s BIO will be visible from the dais.
  — Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• Some don’t sit on the dais with adult members, but at their own table.
  — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, 29 Oct. 2021
• Kershaw smiled, rose from the dais and grabbed Blake in a protective hug.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 20 July 2022
• 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
• Angeli posed for photos on the dais and called Pence a traitor, according to the video.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2021
• Hall’s departure signals a changing of the guard as the council is guaranteed to see at least two new faces seated on the dais in the coming term.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
• Sitting on the dais was Brinkema, who listened quietly except to ask a rare follow-up question or to hurry things along.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024