How to Use demonstrator in a Sentence

demonstrator

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  • Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the White House on Saturday.
    — Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • A number of weekend demonstrators appeared in the streets with Russian flags.
    — Karen Deyoung and Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The vote to remove the two lawmakers, who are Black, caused an uproar in the state with demonstrators coming out to support the young politicians.
    — Elise Hammond, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
  • While a few demonstrators on both sides came face to face, the rallies were otherwise peaceful.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Officers were seen escorting at least two of the demonstrators away from the park with their hands behind their backs.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 24 May 2023
  • The death caused outrage in Kashmir and ignited a year of protest action that saw 120 demonstrators die.
    — Time, 11 Oct. 2023
  • While demonstrators filled galleries in the chamber, the three Democrats approached the front of the chamber with a bullhorn and participated in a chant.
    — Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Two demonstrators were escorted out of the bar for trying to shout down Haley during the remarks.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The demonstrators were quickly removed from the catwalk by security guards, who lifted the women off the ground and carried them out of the event.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The military vowed on Wednesday to respond to attacks by demonstrators with full force.
    — Munir Ahmed and Riazat Butt, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2023
  • In case their chants can’t be heard over the noise of passing traffic, the demonstrators have also printed their message onto a banner.
    — WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The nation's capital also drew a crowd of demonstrators on Nov. 4, as crowds in cities across the world marched to demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Instead, at least a dozen times during Biden’s 22-minute speech, demonstrators scattered throughout the audience rose to shout out demands for a cease-fire in Gaza.
    — Colleen Long, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Hamas violently crushed the 2019 protest of hundreds of demonstrators.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Some were seen tearing down posters of the hostages being held by Hamas terrorists and crumbling them up while other demonstrators burned an Israeli flag.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Political tensions rose when the three joined with hundreds of demonstrators who packed the Capitol last month to call for passage of gun-control measures.
    — Jonathan Mattise and Travis Loller, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Above all else, demonstrators demand spicy hotdog sausages.
    — Oliver Briscoe, CNN, 11 May 2023
  • The 2024 Oscars happened, despite a delay after demonstrators marched in Hollywood, calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The pro-Trump demonstrators were flecked with characters who have long orbited around the former president.
    — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • There were rumors that demonstrators were going to take power by force and this was going to become a revolution.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2023

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