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.
• 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
• Van Hove just doesn’t happen to demonstrate that in any scenes.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2022
• Haley scrunched up her nose and frowned to demonstrate.
  — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2023
• These stats seem to demonstrate that Jones has yet to put the Patriots on his back to win a game.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
• 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
• O'Malley, a 50-year-old dancer who loves to demonstrate her ability to kick and stretch.
  — Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
• 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
• The key is to demonstrate to players the impact that giving or taking the ball has on the fine line between win and loss.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 10 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Garcia, who went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs, still demonstrates a flair for the dramatic.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Zare’s team demonstrated the existence of micro-lightning, very small electricity discharges that occur between tiny droplets of water spray.
  — Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
• The partnership, which is inclusive of the club’s men’s and women’s teams, will drive awareness of the Maldives as a tourist destination, while demonstrating the activities, heritage and locations the island country has to offer.
  — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 14 Mar. 2025