make demands on
Example Sentences
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"People make demands on the government the whole time," says Blair.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
That leaves Mr. Scholz facing the delicate act of balancing the export-oriented needs of his domestic economy with pressure from allies to leverage his country’s position to make demands on the Chinese.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2024
But STL isn’t a set of demands made by artists — it’s a group of theaters, in one community, coming together to make demands on themselves.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2020
He needs to make demands on the public to take this seriously.
From Washington Times • Mar. 9, 2020
His self of one day would make demands on his self of another; and some of the demands might be urgent and tyrannical, while others were gentle and easily put aside.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William
