Dais used in a sentence

Dais in a sentence as a noun

As he approaches the dais, the former collegiate gymnast does a cartwheel.

Does the chiaroscuro effect in that photo come from a torchlight procession in front of his dais?

It was on stage for about a minute.>Likewise, when Cook introduced the show-closing Foo Fighters, the screen rose and from behind the screen slid the band, on a raised dais that smoothly rolled to the front of the stage.