All 34 Uses
dais
in
City of Glass
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- Over there, by the dais.†
Chpt 12 *dais = raised platform
- The central fountain was dry, and on either side of it long benches were drawn up in rows facing a raised dais at the far end of the room.†
Chpt 13
- On the raised dais, surrounded by hanging maps of the city, stood the Consul, glowering like a bodyguard beside a short, plump man in gray.†
Chpt 13
- Clary wondered, and had her question answered a moment later: Inquisitor Aldertree made a noise like a wounded bear; tore himself away from Malachi, who was trying to hold him back; staggered down the dais steps; and hurled himself at Valentine.†
Chpt 13
- Clary took his hand just as Valentine paused at the steps of the dais and turned to look directly at her.†
Chpt 13
- He climbed the dais steps and turned to gaze down at the crowd.†
Chpt 13
- Amatis moved to stand at the foot of the dais, looking up at Valentine.†
Chpt 13
- He wriggled free and darted toward the dais.†
Chpt 13
- He thrust Amatis aside, staggering up the steps of the dais to face Valentine.†
Chpt 13
- Their voices rose in a roar like a crashing avalanche; most of them had gathered into contentious, shouting groups—the dais was deserted, the map of Idris hanging forlornly behind it.†
Chpt 16
- "Wish me luck," she said, and then her feet were carrying her toward the dais steps, almost without her volition, and then she was standing on the dais and turning to face the crowd.†
Chpt 16
- "Wish me luck," she said, and then her feet were carrying her toward the dais steps, almost without her volition, and then she was standing on the dais and turning to face the crowd.†
Chpt 16
- He was gesturing at her to get down from the dais, shaking his head and shouting something she couldn't hear.†
Chpt 16
- Malachi stood at the foot of the dais steps.†
Chpt 16
- She saw Alec glance quickly at Magnus, and then at her, in disbelief, and Simon looking on in puzzlement, and then Amatis came forward, shoving her way past Patrick Penhallow's bulk, and ran up to the edge of the dais.†
Chpt 16
- Amatis's eager face dropped, and she backed away from the dais, her expression half-crestfallen and half-amazed.†
Chpt 16
- She was sitting in a high seat on the dais in the Accords Hall, Simon by her side.†
Chpt 18
- Her mother stood at the edge of the dais, leaning down to speak to Amatis.†
Chpt 18
- She'd done her best to give him a pared-down version of Jocelyn's tale, mostly hissed under her breath as he'd helped her plow through the crowds to the dais and take her seat there.†
Chpt 18
- Jocelyn, returning from the edge of the dais in time to hear Clary's last words—though, fortunately, not what she and Simon had been discussing—dropped a reassuring pat onto Clary's shoulder.†
Chpt 18
- A moment later Luke had joined them on the dais, Amatis at his side.†
Chpt 18
- "He was up on the dais with Clary, but"—he craned his neck to look—"he's not now He's probably in the crowd somewhere."†
Chpt 18
- He stood at the edge of the dais, looking down over the room.†
Chpt 18
- And he was, Clary realized, as he neared the dais.†
Chpt 18
- Hoping to avoid the crowd, Simon took the long way back toward the dais, ducking behind the rows of pillars that lined the sides of the Hall.†
Chpt 18
- He was close to the dais steps when he glanced up and saw, to his surprise, Raphael standing across from Luke, looking his usual near-expressionless self: Luke, on the other hand, looked agitated—he was shaking his head, his hands up in protest, and Jocelyn, beside him, looked outraged.†
Chpt 18
- He saw her there on the dais in the Accords Hall.†
Chpt 18
- Clary edged past her mother and Luke toward the dais steps.†
Chpt 18
- I've been waiting for you to come down off the dais.†
Chpt 18
- Clary sat on the steps of the dais in the Hall of Accords, holding the stele in her hands.†
Chpt 19
- Heart pounding, she turned and saw Malachi, a long, spidery shadow in the half-light, striding toward the dais.†
Chpt 19
- As he drew closer to the dais, she noticed something that made her put her hand to her mouth, stifling a cry of surprise.†
Chpt 19
- Clary ducked to crouch behind a pillar as Malachi climbed the dais steps.†
Chpt 19
- Malachi frowned, then marched down the dais steps and toward the front doors.†
Chpt 19
Definitions:
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(1)
(dais) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to people on it
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)