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How to use demos in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Demos means an ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together. Example: “When the demos took charge, law and order inevitably collapsed, or so they concluded.”

Examples of demos by meaning

nounThe ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state; hence, the common populace of a state or district (especially a...

  • When the demos took charge, law and order inevitably collapsed, or so they concluded.2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 323

More sentences with demos

  • Where taste communities and Nielsen demos differ is in the way they’re used.2018 June 11, Josef Adalian, “Inside the Binge Factory”, in New York Magazine. From the entry demo
  • The trend was that you cracked and made demos and intros.2005, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1. From the entry intro
  • Demos uses interviews to compare two birth cohorts of American women of Greek Kytherian heritage.2000, George Kourvetaris, “Sociology”, in Greece in Modern Times, The Scarecrow Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 552. From the entry Kytherian
  • There is no point in demos, they are made for fun.1995, Houman Ghahremanlou, “Stupid remarks !”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet). From the entry wedtro
  • Mainstream media “unflatters” the demos and its rulers daily.2018, Marlene K. Sokolon, Travis D. Smith, Flattering the Demos: Fiction and Democratic Education, →ISBN, page 137. From the entry unflatter
  • I wrote stuff and sang it, and the demos stuck, which is different from what I've done before, when I edited it.2016 February 4, Spencer Kornhaber, quoting Jeremy Greenspan, “The Postindustrial Electronic Bar-Fly Blues”, in The Atlantic, Washington…. From the entry precious
  • Hit the Flash games, the demos, and the free-to-plays until you start to get your head wrapped around why people like them.2013 March, Jason VandenBerghe, “Design of the Times”, in Game Developer Magazine, volume 20, number 03, San Francisco, Calif.: UBM LLC…. From the entry free-to-play
  • This party will have it all for the Amiga scener: demos, competitions, dealers, and huge projection screen and sound system to entertain you.1996, John Bus, “Amiga Domain - An Aussie Scene Party!”, in alt.sys.amiga.demos (Usenet). From the entry demo
  • Maybe there are some converters on some PC eurodemo sites, since they tend to go into weird low color modes for some demos.1995, Shadow Weaver, “Newbie Question”, in comp.graphics.raytracing (Usenet). From the entry eurodemo
  • Some of the virtual reality demos are very pie-in-the-sky and probably won’t see the real world for some years to come; others are just a few years away.2010 April 8, Nick Bilton, “At French Conference, Virtual Reality Meets Reality”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York…. From the entry pie-in-the-sky
  • There is one opisthographic stele for each phyle and the demoi appear as headings under which are listed the names and patronymics of the citizens belonging to that demos.2006, Mogens Herman Hansen, Studies in the Population of Aigina, Athens and Eretria, page 62. From the entry opisthographic

Meaning of demos

  1. noun An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
  2. noun The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state; hence, the common populace of a state or district (especially a democratic one); the people.

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Questions about demos in a sentence

How do you use demos in a sentence?
Demos is used as a noun. For example: “When the demos took charge, law and order inevitably collapsed, or so they concluded.”
What is a short sentence with demos?
“Mainstream media “unflatters” the demos and its rulers daily.”
What does demos mean?
Demos means an ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.

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