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demonstrative

[duh-mon-struh-tiv] / dəˈmɒn strə tɪv /




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"They’ve been striking trains for a long time already. It’s just that this time, they decided to target in a more demonstrative way a train that was going abroad," she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Meloni received Rubio politely, with the customary Italian cheek kisses and brief hug, but without the demonstrative warmth she sometimes shows other dignitaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

“How he not only led by example, but he was very demonstrative in the practice in terms of his expectations of the team, how they played, their togetherness,” Pelinka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025

The audience’s demonstrative empathy for Louis, though, is as much a credit to the writing as Goldstein’s performance.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2024

I wasn’t so demonstrative, but I felt proud and patriotic.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Statistical analysis revealed the same mapping between reachable and non-reachable objects and demonstratives across all languages.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023

"This distinction may explain the early evolutionary origin of demonstratives as linguistic forms," he added.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023

They tested over 1,000 speakers to see how they use demonstratives in their language to describe where objects are across a range of different spatial configurations.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023

All, any, both, each, either, many, one, other, etc. are called +Indefinite+ pronouns because they do not point out and particularize like the demonstratives.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg

Demonstrative pronouns, 87; 246; —— of 1st, 2d, and 3d persons, 87; —— position of demonstratives, 350, 5, a.

From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett


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