All 13 Uses of
demonstrate
in
Atlas Shrugged
- If he wants a factual demonstration, I shall comply.†
Chpt 1.5
- My dear madam, the duty of thinkers is not to explain, but to demonstrate that nothing can be explained.
Chpt 1.6demonstrate = show
- You stood here and watched the storm _with the greatest pride one can ever feel-because you are able to have summer flowers and half naked women in your house on a night like this, in demonstration of your victory over that storm.†
Chpt 1.6
- Although the tensile strength of the metal is obviously demonstrable, certain questions in regard to its behavior under unusual stress are not to be ruled out….
Chpt 1.7 *demonstrable = capable of being provedstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- We've given them such a demonstration that all that rot is going to be swept away.†
Chpt 1.9
- The latest scientific discoveries-such as the tremendous achievements of Dr. Robert Stadler-have demonstrated conclusively that our reason is incapable of dealing with the nature of the universe.†
Chpt 2.1
- She carried her suitcase, swinging it a little, as if in demonstration of her ability to carry it.†
Chpt 2.3
- The newspapers had snarled that the cause of the country's troubles, as this case demonstrated, was the selfish greed of rich industrialists; that it was men like Hank Rearden who were to blame for the shrinking diet, the falling temperature and the cracking roofs in the homes of the nation; that if it had not been for men who broke regulations and hampered the government's plans, prosperity would have been achieved long ago; and that a man like Hank Rearden was prompted by nothing but…†
Chpt 2.4
- There were also the faces of loose-mouthed young men and maliciously unkempt females, the kind who led the booing in newsreel theaters at any appearance of a businessman on the screen; they did not attempt a counter-demonstration; they were silent.†
Chpt 2.4
- You know-as you have demonstrated at your trial-how important it is, and why, that we obtain all that property with the voluntary consent of the victims.†
Chpt 2.6
- I am writing a treatise on the philosophy of law, I shall demonstrate that humanity's darkest evil, the most destructive horror machine among all the devices of men, is non-objective law…… No, Miss Taggart, my treatise will not be published outside.†
Chpt 3.1
- The impulse of the habit of reason almost pushed her to speak, to argue, to demonstrate the self-evident-but she looked at their faces and she saw that they knew it.†
Chpt 3.3
- If I have to be the pawn in the demonstration that will convince you, I'm willing to be-and to win you from them, once and for all.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
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(demonstrate as in: It demonstrates my point.) to showThe exact meaning of this sense of demonstrate can depend upon its context. For example:
- "I will demonstrate how to throw a Frisbee." -- show how to do something
- "I will demonstrate how much quicker the new computer is than the old one." -- show how something works
- "Her questioned demonstrated that she was listening and thinking deeply about what was said." -- showed to be true or proved