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
  • There are currently two products in the DM Vault products line.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • With that effort, nearly 14 years after DM’s first chart appearance on the chart, and first top 10, the synth-pop outfit set a new mark for the longest wait between an act’s first entry and first top tier appearance on the tally.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Message requests live in the Requests button located above your inbox in Instagram’s DM tab.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Additionally, a ‘DM’ logo emblazoned on the sideline will remain on the floor at Chase Center for every remaining home game this year, the team announced.
    Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • That's right, this means more flirting than ever between the people sitting alone in their empty apartments, sending spicy emojis and questionable hashtags via DM to someone who is most likely to be a catfish.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The athlete then shared alleged DM exchanges between herself and Hill, in which the actor appeared to send her several flirty comments reacting to her surfing photos.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 8 July 2023
  • Another study investigated the effects of injecting human corneal endothelial cells cultured on a Descemet's membrane (DM) substrate and found promising results in patients with Fuchs's endothelial corneal dystrophy.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • There are currently two products in the DM Vault products line.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • With that effort, nearly 14 years after DM’s first chart appearance on the chart, and first top 10, the synth-pop outfit set a new mark for the longest wait between an act’s first entry and first top tier appearance on the tally.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Message requests live in the Requests button located above your inbox in Instagram’s DM tab.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Additionally, a ‘DM’ logo emblazoned on the sideline will remain on the floor at Chase Center for every remaining home game this year, the team announced.
    Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • That's right, this means more flirting than ever between the people sitting alone in their empty apartments, sending spicy emojis and questionable hashtags via DM to someone who is most likely to be a catfish.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The athlete then shared alleged DM exchanges between herself and Hill, in which the actor appeared to send her several flirty comments reacting to her surfing photos.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 8 July 2023
  • Another study investigated the effects of injecting human corneal endothelial cells cultured on a Descemet's membrane (DM) substrate and found promising results in patients with Fuchs's endothelial corneal dystrophy.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024

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