demanded

Example Sentences

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In exchange, they demanded that the whalers return with 200 muskets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

This drove up energy prices, fuelling inflation -- which in turn caused sovereign bond yields to climb since March as investors demanded higher returns to hold government debt.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Progressive critique has long demanded that students learn the truth: that dismantling Jim Crow required sophisticated, institutional organizing at the grassroots level.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

By December, the president demanded CBS take him off the air immediately and “put him to sleep.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Art had a system that he had worked out over the many years he had been farming, and while it was relatively simple, it still demanded a staggering amount of stamina.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen