How to Use demo in a Sentence

demo

1 of 2 noun
  • She cut a demo last week.
  • The salesman gave us a demo of the vacuum cleaner, and it seemed to work very well.
  • I saw a demo on how to use the computer program.
  • She will be showing a demo of the company's new alarm system.
  • They sent the demo to several record companies.
  • The demo is a mere taste of what Light Field Labs hopes to achieve.
    PCMAG, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Play time: The demo is short and takes about two hours to complete.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Then, even the creaking sound of the piano pedal made it in the demo.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The company walked me through what the new Bing could do in a demo last week.
    Jd Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2023
  • In a demo, Google showed a picture of a girl running on a beach.
    WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Paresh Dave: So the demo started with a tour of their studio.
    WIRED, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But there was a catch: Usher heard the demo and wanted to record it.
    Mike Wass, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
  • There were seven songs on the demo but only six on the copy.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Ronson sent a demo of the song to Gerwig, who then played it for Gosling.
    Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The demo of the same song is a big jazz jam like Sting’s later solo music.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2024
  • Google’s blog also describes prompts not shown in the demo.
    IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023
  • To see a demo of these new features, contact us at sales@caseiq.com.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2024
  • And this demo is just the public tip of a private iceberg.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
  • In the promo, Joanna arrives at the lake house on demo day, but Chip is nowhere in sight.
    Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
  • In another demo, a child is tired of sitting in the stroller and wants to be carried.
    Jennifer Korn, CNN, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Playing a demo of the game, Clive felt potent to control.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The band had a 3 p.m. appointment with the label, and when the group left the studio, Rimes finished the demo and sent it in the middle of the meeting.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Once my demo opened, though, things started to get a little weird.
    Marah Eakin, WIRED, 7 May 2024
  • In a hands-off demo, the developers showed off the early parts of the campaign, which takes place in a home that’s about to be sold.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The songwriting didn’t seem quite complete in the demo John did that many people have heard.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
  • However, many of these features were locked off in the demo.
    Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 10 June 2024
  • The demo's levels ramp up rather quickly, though this may not reflect the final game.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2023
  • He demo-ed the old structure, dug a new foundation and started adding floors from there.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In 2007 or whatever, the idea of going back to an old demo would’ve been the opposite of what we were supposed to do.
    Vulture, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The demo is reminiscent of any other number of AI self-owns that have happened in recent years.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 July 2024
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2 of 2 verb
  • Google was pretty pumped and brought out Mark Ronson and Selena Gomez to demo it.
    Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 16 Mar. 2021
  • But the only way to improve your tech stack is to demo the various products out there.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Short cutscenes from the campaign with Chief and a new AI that don’t demo any significant gameplay.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • In the meantime, Mitchell is going to demo the technology for the forestry service, too.
    Erik Schechter, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2014
  • This is key to having the product pop up in consumers’ social media feeds, leading users to demo it and click through to purchase.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The Stranger Things scenes show up without warning, and the whole thing is brilliantly scripted to demo what’s possible with Workspace.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 20 June 2021
  • The number of blockchain startups demoing at YCombinator has fallen sharply this year.
    David Z. Morris, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The best way to demo new features intended for foldable phones is by using its own hardware.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 26 Feb. 2021
  • That hints that Google is about to demo various apps optimized for foldable screens.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Samsung still used a laptop display image to demo the feature rather than showing it on a phone.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The online show includes how-to demo videos and offers the opportunity to live chat with exhibitors.
    cleveland, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The company demoed the new Google News during the I/O keynote, showing off many features in mobile-app form.
    Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 8 May 2018
  • There are tons on YouTube, where people demo enterprise resource-planning systems and the like.
    Paul Ford, Wired, 22 Sep. 2020
  • More experienced riders can check out and demo top bikes from Trek, also for rent.
    Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
  • Apple will introduce iOS 15 and demo the new features on June 7th.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 22 Apr. 2021
  • And as the first company to demo this tech, Google has a responsibility to face these issues head-on.
    James Vincent, The Verge, 9 May 2018
  • Recently, Mays and his daughter traveled to 21 Gelson’s grocery stores to demo their sauce and share their story.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2022
  • Microsoft was set to demo a few upcoming titles at this year's GDC.
    Patrick Shanley, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2020
  • During each, participants got to demo both brands of shoes and Osprey running vests.
    Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 13 July 2017
  • In an Instagram video that the singer-slash-actor shared on Monday, Willis demos a squat variety known as the box squat that involves resting your butt on a bench in between each rep.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 24 Jan. 2019
  • Being able to demo the product in real life in the convenience of a Nordstrom store could be a big boost for Tonal and expand its reach to potential new customers.
    Blake Morgan, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • One of those stories claimed that Apple might want to hold an in-person AR glasses event later this year to demo the technology.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 8 June 2021
  • With his safety glasses and newsboy cap on, Pitt helps demo a ceiling and break through a wall to help give his longtime makeup artist Jean Ann Black a multi-use guest house/workspace.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Pastry chef and cookbook author Gale Gand will join her to demo recipes for her contributions to the book, apple meringue (below) and chocolate eclair recipes.
    Amy Bizzarri, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Currently, a select group of users have been demoing Waymo's self-driving ride hailing service, but the company plans to open it to the public in the Arizona city laster this year.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 31 May 2018
  • Memoji was just one of the new immersive features demoed Monday.
    Arielle Pardes, WIRED, 5 June 2018
  • Unfortunately for this article, that means a lot of features that don't demo well in under five minutes at a launch event.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 10 Oct. 2018
  • A decade after Belcher demoed her battery at the White House, her viral assembly process has rapidly advanced.
    Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Those ideas are harder to demo though, and will probably take an entire game to fully appreciate.
    Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 15 June 2019
  • The plan was to demo a home, but simmering tensions involving the on-camera talent escalated into a moment of shock for crew as a hammer went flying across the room, leaving a hole in the wall.
    Toni-Ann Lagana, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2022

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