How to Use demonstration in a Sentence

demonstration

noun
  • He brought along a copy of the software for demonstration.
  • One of the instructors gave a demonstration of how to prune a tree.
  • The latest tests are a clear demonstration that the vaccine works.
  • Would you mind giving us a demonstration so that we can see how the machine works?
  • I went to a sculpture demonstration last weekend.
  • Many people sent cards and flowers in demonstration of their sympathy.
  • Students took part in several nonviolent demonstrations against the government.
  • But that plug-in was not used in Millière’s demonstration.
    George Musser, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
  • That, to me, is a demonstration of the realness, the beauty, the power of Black aesthetics.
    Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • That changed during the Arab Spring, when in 2011 nearly three weeks of demonstrations forced Mubarak from power.
    Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Although support for the AfD has surged in Germany in recent months, the news of the meeting and the ensuing demonstrations against the far right have put the party on the back foot.
    Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • See a demonstration in a TikTok video by @julie_eigenmann below.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Amazon said the demonstration lasted about three hours.
    Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • Khaled will discover that Hosam was also present at the St. James’s Square demonstration.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The agency hopes that this demonstration will pave the way for a new type of landing in future moon missions and even on other planets.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • One woman even set up a salon chair during the demonstration to style dreadlocks in a show of support.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Jihan wasn’t sure what to think, but Ahmed believed that demonstrations would bring only chaos.
    Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Videos of the demonstration showed an array of flags, with one protester waving the flag of Vatican City.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Khomeini founded the al-Quds Day demonstration, which calls for the destruction of the Jewish state.
    Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • At the moment, these early demonstrations are more proof-of-concept than anything else.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Its conquest of the main city of al-Obeid was only thwarted by mass demonstrations by its residents.
    Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The two-time Trump voter did take part in demonstrations in the nation’s capital on January 5 and 6.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
  • The cost-cutting took a toll: Bard stumbled over basic facts in its launch demonstration, shearing $100 billion from the value of Google’s shares.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • Ahead of the demonstration, Scholz said in a video podcast Saturday that his government had listened to the farmer’s concerns.
    Kate Brady, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Speaking of stand-out ‘dos, a live big chop demonstration, by curl specialist Christin Brown, took place under the outdoor canopy.
    Essence, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Keep scrolling for demonstrations of each move and easy-to-follow workout instructions.
    Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The demonstration came after six people, including three nine-year-old children, were killed in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Visitors can see the platform mound, replica houses, a demonstration garden and a ball court.
    Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2023
  • The author and illustrator will sign books, and Eliopoulos will lead a live drawing demonstration.
    Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The demonstration came a month after Amazon imposed a mandate for employees to report for in-person work three days a week.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 1 June 2023

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