How to Use DM in a Sentence

DM

noun

• Now, there's no need to stress over a DM your friend sent or a meme on TikTok.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• On the platform, shoppers can DM the experts with requests for an item and their preferred size.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 July 2023
• Getting an ocelot or a cheetah can be as easy as sending a DM or text, agreeing on a price, and setting a pick-up date.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2020
• Three months after their first DM, Castro offered them five of her embryos.
  — Sara Harrison, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2023
• Looking to jog her memory, Humberstone reaches for her phone and brings up the DM.
  — Waiss Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
• Or, What does this specific punctuation in this specific part of this DM mean?
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2023
• Message requests live in the Requests button located above your inbox in Instagram’s DM tab.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 3 Aug. 2023
• Tell them how to confirm the source of an official-sounding email, text or DM by contacting senders independently though another method.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
• Comment ‘Angela’ and I’ll DM you a link to the full episode!
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
• Other teens will just gain access to this same content by having friends send them content over DM.
  — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 22 Oct. 2025