How to Use demonstrate in a Sentence

demonstrate

verb

• Would you mind demonstrating how the machine works?
• Each student must demonstrate mastery of the subject matter in order to pass the class.
• The latest test results clearly demonstrate that the vaccine works.
• The group's failed efforts demonstrate how difficult it is to convince people to change their habits.
• The medication will not be marketed until it is demonstrated to be safe.
• The instructor demonstrated the correct procedure for pruning a tree.
• They have demonstrated a willingness to negotiate.
• Employees must demonstrate competence in certain skills before they can work independently.
• Several people will be demonstrating traditional farming techniques.
• So those who demonstrate curiosity really stand out to me.
  — Jillian Kramer, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2022
• The youth was demonstrated before the game when a player forgot his cleats and another forgot his jersey.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
• The first step is to choose a travel agency that can demonstrate its commitment to supporting conservation.
  — Laura Burdett-Munns, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2024
• Since then, however, both have demonstrated their value to Arteta and they are needed at Arsenal.
  — James McNicholas, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
• The Utah dance troupe to demonstrate a 100-year-old dance classic at the Guggenheim Museum in March.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Dec. 2022
• Shaw is credited as the first in Wisconsin – and among the first in the nation – to detect and demonstrate the presence of pesticides in groundwater.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2022
• These photos demonstrated that the two were at least in the same place at the same time.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
• That, on top of some bright spots demonstrated in Salt Lake City in the run-up.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
• After posting a video to demonstrate how the Pooch Please!
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 18 Oct. 2023
• Haley scrunched up her nose and frowned to demonstrate.
  — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
• But most of the locks LPL demonstrates on his channel present no challenge to him at all.
  — Hazlitt, 5 Apr. 2023
• Tamariz spread the whole deck in front of me, face up, to demonstrate that all the cards were different.
  — Shuja Haider, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
• In court, the truth will come to light, demonstrating that the claims against Mr. Combs are without merit.
  — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
• Seen one way, then, The Challenge would seem to demonstrate the limits of art to speak truth to power.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
• And as Meghan has demonstrated, there are so many ways to pair one with all your fall outfits.
  — Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
• That ruined the hole for that moment, but the fish settled down by the time Pruitt got there, as demonstrated by the first big strike of the day.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 28 May 2023
• Cyril demonstrates the right and wrong ways to pull arrows out of a quiver, to bring arrows up to the bow, and to pull arrows out of a target.
  — Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
• Told yes, the group posed and then marched a half-block away to an area set aside for weapon-wielders to demonstrate against gun-control laws.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
• The Park Service approved the permit to demonstrate, but refused the request for sleeping in the park.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• Garcia, who went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs, still demonstrates a flair for the dramatic.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Made up of 37 athletes at this year’s Games, the team wants to demonstrate to the world that refugees are an enrichment to society.
  — Rosanne Roobeek, CNN, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025