How to Use demonstrator in a Sentence

demonstrator

noun
  • Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets.
  • No one is as far along as Boom in terms of having a near-flyable demonstrator.
    Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 20 Dec. 2021
  • This demonstrator would be a fairly large payload for such a mission, about one-half of a metric ton.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2022
  • During a street protest in the village of Daih, a demonstrator is shot by police and dies the following day.
    CNN, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Three police officials and one demonstrator were injured in the clashes.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 22 Nov. 2021
  • One affidavit describes how a demonstrator threw a water bottle that contained a clear liquid at a group of officers.
    Dakin Andone, Ashley Killough and Joe Sutton, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022
  • One demonstrator had attacked a federal officer with a hammer.
    New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021
  • This particular model was used as a demonstrator and press car before Petitjean snapped it up and started driving it to race meetings.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city.
    NBC News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Elizabeth Ricks, a demonstrator, told a crowd gathered Sunday that Walker was crossing the street to get to his home when he was struck by the truck and then was shot.
    Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022
  • While many of the technical details remain secret, Bellwether is now conducting multiple test flights of a half-scale demonstrator model.
    J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2022
  • At least 30 law enforcement officers and three demonstrators were injured, local media reported.
    Giada Zampano and Sylvia Hui, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
  • In her speech to the crowd, attorney and demonstrator Pratt Austin-Trucks, had words for Collins.
    al, 26 June 2022
  • Police stand in front of bus as demonstrators stand in front of building.
    Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2023
  • As attendees got out of their cars to head to the venue, some demonstrators started yelling at them.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The crowd of demonstrators stretched for several city blocks.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Riot police faced off against demonstrators on the third night of protests across France.
    Matt Bradley, NBC News, 30 June 2023
  • The crowd of about 30 demonstrators that gathered at the Boston Common park in late April had a message to share.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
  • Shots were fired, and the demonstrators retreated, only to return and set fire to the courthouse.
    R.j.m. Blackett, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Smith, who lived at the Rose City Terrace apartments across the street from the park, was shot in the hip by a demonstrator returning fire with a rifle.
    oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The newspaper said the demonstrators declined to speak to a reporter.
    arkansasonline.com, 25 July 2024
  • In March, a Premier League soccer match was halted when a demonstrator tied himself to one of the goal posts.
    CNN, 5 July 2022
  • Foster was left bleeding in the street among his fellow demonstrators, who called for help.
    Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
  • The prospect of hundreds of demonstrators outside the event apparently proved too much to bear.
    Nicole Sperling, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • Photos from the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza showed a small group of demonstrators holding signs with the faces of hostages.
    Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Sherman, 25, told a Times reporter that he was punched in the left eye by a pro-Palestinian demonstrator.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • Bees that followed a demonstrator were also able to solve more puzzles than those that didn't.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the White House on Saturday.
    Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • The demonstrators had burned flags, a method of objection nearly as old as patriotism itself.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Her death sparked violent clashes between demonstrators and authorities that left dozens dead.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 15 Sep. 2024

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