How to Use demote in a Sentence

demote

verb

• Teachers can choose to demote a student to a lower grade.
• The army major was demoted to captain.
• Meant he was injured, or demoted, or misplayed a ball in the outfield or made another out.
  — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 3 May 2018
• Other streaming services appeared to be demoting his music as well.
  — CBS News, 12 May 2018
• Trouba has struggled this season with just six points in 24 games and was demoted to a third-pair defenseman.
  — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
• Alexandria’s police chief has abruptly demoted all four of his deputies in recent months in a shake-up that has exposed some deep rifts in the department.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 14 May 2018
• Some in Trump's orbit have floated the idea of demoting or firing Barr, which could lead to a disruptive legal battle.
  — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
• Jones was granted his release from the Giants late last week after being demoted from QB1 to fourth-stringer.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
• The plant manager demoted Long to machine operator and transferred him to another shift.
  — Christine Willmsen, The Seattle Times, 30 Apr. 2018
• The decision came after Jones, who was officially benched this week and demoted to the fourth-string, came to see team officials and asked for the release, the team said Friday.
  — Tim Perone, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
• These efforts were aided in part by a 2011 change in state law that demoted DDRD from a murder charge to a first-degree felony.
  — Aubrey Whelan, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
• Pennington has since been demoted to Triple-A. Pennington was specifically brought in as a backup shortstop.
  — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 4 May 2018
• He was demoted to Triple-A and hasn’t pitched in the major leagues since.
  — Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2020
• The move marked the second time Sisco – one of the team’s top prospects -- has been demoted to the minors in the past month.
  — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 13 July 2018
• In a span of six games, his ERA jumped to 6.00 and he was demoted from the closer role he’d been signed to fill.
  — Maria Torres, latimes.com, 15 June 2019
• He was demoted to Low-A, in Greenville, and didn’t fare much better.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• Still, that doesn’t mean some restaurants weren’t demoted from the list this year.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2024
• With the New York Mets at the beginning of the season, Harvey was demoted from starter to the bullpen.
  — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 1 July 2018
• The next month, Sheriff Scott demoted him to work the graveyard shift as a jailer.
  — Jerry Mitchell Rory Doyle, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• Five of her six school board colleagues voted to demote her last week.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2021
• By the 1950s the Garden had been demoted from glamour queen to has-been, the Norma Desmond of hotels.
  — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 25 Feb. 2019
• That's why Hinch has no plans to demote the 19-year MLB veteran.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2021
• In the memoir, Jackson did not address the prospect of being demoted by the Navy.
  — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• But in the store it now looks slightly demoted, on sale at 40 percent off.
  — Andre Aciman, Town & Country, 24 Sep. 2018
• The 26-year-old lefty was the A’s Opening Day starter last season and had a good start, then struggled and was demoted to the minors.
  — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
• Buttigieg demoted the chief and hired a white replacement.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
• And after being sent down once in early May, he was demoted again near the end of June.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
• Since last April, the Reds have recalled/demoted him six times, four times already this year.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 June 2019
• Cabrera didn’t hit 100 innings in the big leagues and was demoted to Triple A for a month due to command issues.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
• Mitchell has not pitched since June 5, and opponents are batting .347 against him since he was demoted to the bullpen.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 June 2018

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024