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How to use demonstrator in a sentence

39 example sentences · noun

Demonstrator means one who demonstrates anything, or proves beyond doubt. Example: “The angry demonstrators egged the riot police.”

Examples of demonstrator by meaning

nounAn item, particularly a vehicle, used in demonstrations to a customer or user.

  • Young people have been involved in choosing which resources and educational toys are used to deliver sex and relationship education – including leaflets, videos and condom demonstrators.2006, Ellie Lewis, Promoting the Health and Well-being of Young People in Supported Housing, page 56

More sentences with demonstrator

  • The angry demonstrators egged the riot police.From the entry egg
  • The demonstrator nearly touched the rod on the ball.From the entry touch
  • A tense standoff between demonstrators and police continued overnight.From the entry standoff
  • The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.From the entry interlock
  • He added that the demonstrators in Los Angeles are “trying to overthrow the results of the election.”2025 June 11, Aaron Blake, “Americans voted for deportations. They didn’t necessarily vote for this.”, in CNN. From the entry overthrow
  • The demonstrators tried to create an autonomous zone around the precincts, like CHAZ in Seattle.2021 June 22, Isabella Khademhosseini, “Portland’s tourist boss takes a full page of the New York Times admitting that a rioted city has…. From the entry Chaz
  • Among demonstrators, "most people seem cautiously optimistic," one woman in the CHAZ told Insider.2020 June 10, Isaac Scher, “'It's reminiscent of Occupy': Protesters in Seattle have established a communal 'autonomous zone' to prove…. From the entry Chaz
  • Nothing riles an anti-mosque demonstrator more than being called a bigot.2010 August 30, Charlie Brooker, “Buzzwords for blowhards”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 May 2023. From the entry rile
  • Thinking they actually were supporting the demonstrators, I went up to them and asked why.2003, Guy T. Saperstein, Civil Warrior: Memoirs of a Civil Rights Attorney. From the entry rf
  • The witchhunters were howled out of town by crowds of demonstrators, protestors.1994 January 1, Roberta Fernàndez, In Other Words: Literature by Latinas of the United States, Arte Publico Press, →ISBN, page 168. From the entry witchhunter
  • The only armed men Gross shows us in action are arresting demonstrators at European antimilitary protests.1988 November 4, Peter Friederici, “Significant Moments”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry antimilitary
  • Demonstrators were instructed to leave their passes at their homes and present themselves passless at police stations.1987, Michael Dingake, My Fight Against Apartheid, page 57. From the entry passless
  • I wish you had commended the Negro sit-inner and demonstrators for their sublime courage.1963, Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail. From the entry sit-inner
  • The cradle part of the demonstrator model is lined with foam rubber and covered with pink quilting.1957 August 21, Elizabeth Morgan, “Baby-Rocking Mother-⁠-⁠-Plug That Cradle In”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume XC, number 56…. From the entry metalwright
  • Recently a be-goateed demonstrator was arrested while attempting to get into the White House grounds.1932 December 1, “Man with Goatee Taken for a Red”, in The Evening Journal, number 143, Wilmington, Del., page eight, column 5. From the entry be-goateed
  • On Sunday, thousands of demonstrators had dressed in black and marched peacefully in the town of Tseung Kwan O.2019 August 5, “Hong Kong leader warns city in a 'very dangerous situation'”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 05 Aug…. From the entry Tseung Kwan O
  • “I’m here to resist China,” said Lin Ting-fung, a 52-year-old demonstrator from Chungli city, just south of the capital.2008 November 5, Ralph Jennings, “Taiwan's Ma meets China envoy as thousands protest”, in Lin Miao-jung, editor, Reuters, archived from…. From the entry Chungli
  • They throw rubbish on the heads of demonstrators in the street below and are shocked at the demonstrators' antiboss slogans.2004, Selina Samuels, Australian writers, 1950-1975. From the entry antiboss
  • The antirally demonstrators broke windows and forced their way into the building as the terrified audience fled in the opposite direction.2001, Ty Cashion, Jesús F. de la Teja, The human tradition in Texas (page 206). From the entry antirally
  • Several participants said that they were pleased with the noticeable warmth of the other demonstrators toward the gay people.1973 December 22, “Boston Tea Party”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 1. From the entry warmth
  • "I don't get you," said the demonstrator.1918 March 9, “Ever Meet a "Shiller"? He's a Cousin to the Fellow Who Could Spot the Pea in the Old Shell Game”, in The Hudson Triangle…. From the entry shiller
  • The next stage could be a larger-scale demonstrator project which would see trams running from the railway station to a nearby university campus.2025 July 9, Peter Plisner, “Coventry (very) lights the way...”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 33. From the entry larger-scale
  • In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2013. From the entry corner
  • In other cities, demonstrators blocked roads, barged into City Council meetings or interrupted sessions of local lawmakers, clapping loudly and sometimes taking over the microphone.2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013. From the entry take over
  • He wished he had tens of thousands more troops under Andez's control so he could round up every one of these demonstrators.2009, Kevin J. Anderson, The Ashes of Worlds. From the entry crack down
  • Operation Rescue eventually unhinged the locked gate, but were still unable to leave the parking lot due to the demonstrators' blocking the driveway.1988 December 4, Vivien Sharples, “Seattle Anti-Abortionists Thwarted”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 3. From the entry unhinge
  • At approximately 9:30 p.m. the demonstrators regrouped in front of the Copley Plaza and leafleted the area until an entourage of limousines entered the hotel.1980 August 16, Warren Blumenfeld, “Disabled Group Pickets Sack Titanic Premiere”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 3. From the entry leaflet
  • The news editor decided to include a closeup showing a Turkish soldier hitting a demonstrator with a club right on his head.1972, John P. Murray, Eli Abraham Rubinstein, George A. Comstock, Television and Social Behavior: Media content and control, page 505. From the entry organity
  • In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian…. From the entry Aldershot
  • According to the tribe’s chairman, rangers cited five of the demonstrators, who had traveled to Nevada from New York, Washington, California and the European country of Malta.2023 August 29, “Tribal ranger draws weapon on climate activists blocking road to Burning Man; conduct under review”, in AP News. From the entry cite
  • Riot police entered the campus of the Polytechnic University in Hung Hom in the early hours of Monday morning following an almost day-long battle between demonstrators and police.2019 November 18, “HKFP Lens: Hong Kong PolyU engulfed in fierce police-protester battles, as officers enter campus”, in Hong Kong Free…. From the entry Hung Hom
  • Hong Kong police said they had detained two foreign men during what police there call a "dispersal operation" against a group of demonstrators gathered in Tuen Mun, Reuters reported.2019 November 15, Melissa Van Brunnersum, “Two German citizens detained in Hong Kong”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 15…. From the entry Tuen Mun
  • On their way to Parliament Square, the demonstrators chanted slogans, sang the Hungarian national anthem, and waved banners and Hungarian flags (minus the hated Communist emblem).2009, Leo J. Daugherty III, The Marine Corps and the State Department, page 116. From the entry chant
  • Life for senior officers has been made much easier by the use of counter-terrorism powers, which enable them to contain demonstrators for hours in a confined spot.2009 April 2, John O'Connor, “G20: The upside of kettling: The Guardian”, in The Guardian. From the entry kettle
  • Some policemen in their high visibility yellow jackets came round the corner, followed by League for the Liberation of Nobodies demonstrators in their tattered newspaper hats and coats.2009, Mike Hockney, The Last Bling King. From the entry blingless
  • A second tear-gas attack, combined with a violent nightstick attack on demonstrators, occurred about an hour later in front of the Communist Party headquarters at Zhongnanhai.1989 June 4, Daniel Southerl, “TROOPS ROLL THROUGH BEIJING TO CRUSH PROTESTERS”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Zhongnanhai
  • The UPI report noted that demonstrators sported "neon hairdos and tight leather clothes" as they blocked streets and disrupted traffic in a "Stop the City" demonstration.1984 April 14, Sue Hyde, “Queer Reports Dept.”, in Gay Community News, page 2. From the entry sartorial
  • The whole central traffic of London was held up, and many collisions were reported between the demonstrators upon the one side and the police and taxi-cabmen upon the other.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry taxi-cabman

Meaning of demonstrator

  1. noun One who demonstrates anything, or proves beyond doubt.
  2. noun The forefinger.
  3. noun One who takes part in a demonstration; a protester.

Full definition of demonstrator

Questions about demonstrator in a sentence

How do you use demonstrator in a sentence?
Demonstrator is used as a noun. For example: “The angry demonstrators egged the riot police.”
What is a short sentence with demonstrator?
“"I don't get you," said the demonstrator.”
What does demonstrator mean?
Demonstrator means one who demonstrates anything, or proves beyond doubt.

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