dais

Example Sentences

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When Mullin walked to the dais, he shook only one hand: O'Brien's.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

The party would have been better off in the end if he had just fallen asleep on the dais.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

Trump addressed the executives from a lectern on a makeshift dais a few feet away from them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

More than a dozen Metro and Los Angeles Police Department officers stood guard, positioning themselves between the public and the empty dais.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

“And when we stepped on the dais, two copies of the king appeared, one for each of us to play.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline