How to Use dais in a Sentence

dais

noun

• But others are less sure about who else would sit on the dais.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2019
• Amid the roiling crowd, five men crawled toward a candlelit dais, where a white-robed priest stood holding an axe.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• The phrase and the Costa Mesa seal are above the dais in the council chamber.
  — Daily Pilot, 14 Sep. 2019
• Bridenstine and Pence sat side by side Tuesday on the dais as Prof.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Aug. 2019
• The king inspected the troops from a dais on the parade ground, saluting as elite regiments of Foot Guards marched past.
  — Jill Lawless The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 16 June 2024
• Whatever drug deal the Democrats are cooking up from the dais, the American people aren’t buying it.
  — Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2019
• Trotter’s fellow-radicals covered the dais in cayenne pepper and laughed as league representatives tried to speak through their sneezes.
  — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
• Members on both sides of the dais lamented that their opposites would not reconsider, though none of the pleaders really expected any change.
  — Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2019
• Turner said the response-time issue will probably spur more conversations on the dais in the coming year about the pace and nature of development.
  — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2019
• Inside, lawmakers erected giant posterboards behind the dais to call into question the legitimacy of the process.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• Patrick sat at the helm of the Senate floor, in the dais.
  — Olivia Osteen, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• On the dais, the councillors all wore masks, even Tom Ross.
  — Atul Gawande, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024