Dais example sentences

"Dais" Example Sentences

1. The speaker took his place on the dais.
2. The honored guests were seated on the dais.
3. The principal sat on the dais with the other administrators.
4. The graduates processed down the aisle and took their seats in front of the dais.
5. The chairman addressed the audience from the dais.
6. The king sat on his throne at the center of the dais.
7. The concert hall was set up with a stage and dais for the orchestra and soloists.
8. The dais was covered with a red velvet cloth.
9. The dais was raised several feet above the audience.
10. The professors sat on the dais as the graduates marched into the auditorium.
11. The judges were seated at a high dais overlooking the courtroom.
12. The dais held the commencement speaker and honorary degree recipients.
13. The teacher stood at the dais and called each student's name as they received their diplomas.
14. The mayor gave his speech from the dais overlooking the town square.
15. Flowers and greenery decorated the dais where the honored guests would sit.
16. The ceremony began with the invited guests processing down the aisle and up the steps of the dais.
17. The podium sat stage right, in front of the dais.
18. Elaborate carvings adorned the wooden dais in the town hall.
19. Tables for the wedding party were arranged in a half-circle in front of the dais.
20. The lion sculpture posed majestically in the corner of the dais.
21. The choir gathered on the steps of the dais before leading the congregation in song.
22. The platform was decorated as a dais for the ballroom dance competition.
23. The dais was illuminated by spotlight as the winner's name was announced.
24. An ornate rug covered the marble dais at the front of the church sanctuary.
25. The platform was raised to form a dais where the band would perform.
26. Spotlights bathed the dais in a warm glow for the evening's ceremonies.
27. The theater stage served as a dais for the orchestral performance.
28. The roses on the dais complemented the red and white color scheme.
29. The bride and groom stood on the dais to deliver their wedding vows.
30. The marble dais stood conspicuously empty, awaiting the king's coronation.
31. The presenters lined up backstage before proceeding up the steps to the dais.
32. The choir processed into the sanctuary, filing up the steps onto the dais.
33. Flags and bunting decorated the dais where the dignitaries sat.
34. The host beamed down at the audience from his place on the dais.
35. The sculptor worked attentively on the relief carvings that would surround the dais.
36. Decorative columns supported the canopy that extended out from the dais.
37. The dais, stage, and podium were arranged to create a focal point at the front of the room.
38. Flags flanked either side of the dais where the queen sat.
39. The first place winners climbed the steps to accept their trophies on the dais.
40. The dais was reserved for the professor and guest speaker at the seminar.
41. Presents were piled high on a table in front of the dais where the birthday girl would sit.
42. Trumpet players heralded the arrival of the wedding party as they ascended the dais.
43. Ushers escorted honored guests to their seats on the dais before the ceremony began.
44. The elders sat on the dais as the initiates joined the circle around the sacred fire.
45. The award recipients stood proudly on the dais as their names were called.
46. He curled up on the dais as if it were a throne, looking imperiously down upon his kingdom.
47. The band members took their places on the dais to begin playing the ballroom's nightly show.
48. The newly elected official took the oath of office from the dais, facing the assembled crowd.
49. He spoke passionately from his place high on the dais.
50. She sat regally on the dais, ready to greet her royal subjects.
51. The politicians shook hands and clapped each other on the back as they took their seats on the dais.
52. She curtsied demurely before ascending the steps to the dais where the queen sat.
53. The president delivered his inaugural address from the dais on the steps of the Capitol building.
54. The elaborately carved dais served as the throne for visiting dignitaries.
55. The marching band played fanfare as the honored veterans entered and took their places on the dais.
56. Royalty processed into the throne room and took their place on the raised dais.
57. The medal winners stepped forward one by one to receive their awards while standing on the dais.
58. Guests of honor were seated on cushioned chairs arranged on the dais.
59. The news anchor beamed at the camera from her spot on the dais.
60. The orchestra leader stood on the dais directing the musicians' every move.

Common Phrases

1. take the dais - to go up onto a stage platform to give a speech or performance
2. ascend the dais - to go up the steps of a stage platform
3. occupy the dais - to sit or stand on a stage platform, especially during a ceremony
4. be seated on the dais - to sit in an honored position on a stage platform
5. on the dais - in a position of prominence at the front of a room or stage
6. from the dais - speaking or acting from an elevated stage platform
7. the platform/stage served as a dais - an elevated platform was used as a stage for important people
8. descend from the dais - to come down the steps from a stage platform
9. process up to the dais - to formally walk up to an elevated stage
10. faces turned toward the dais - people looked toward the raised stage platform