All 5 Uses of
demonstrate
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
- On April 17, 1978, the year Mariam turned nineteen, a man named Mir Akbar Khyber was found murdered. Two days later, there was a large demonstration in Kabul. ... Rasheed said that Mir Akbar Khyber had been a prominent communist, and that his supporters were blaming the murder on President Daoud Khan's government.
p. 97..2 (definition 1) *demonstration = public protest
- On the radio, a woman's voice was saying that Taraki, the leader of the Khalq branch of the PDPA, the Afghan communist party, was in the streets giving rousing speeches to demonstrators.
p. 98..6 (definition 1)demonstrators = people who were protesting something or showing support for something
- He showed her his hammers, demonstrated how the sandpaper wheel worked, his voice ringing high and proud-
p. 232..6 (definition 2) *demonstrated = showed
- Every night, there were demonstrations.
p. 238..9 (definition 1)demonstrations = public protests or displays of support
- "And, on either side of the faults, there are these sheets of rock that make up the earth's crust," Aziza was saying. ... Aziza was demonstrating by opening her hands, palms up, and rubbing them against each other.
p. 322..9 (definition 2)demonstrating = showing (how something works)
Definitions:
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(1) (demonstrate as in: demonstrate to protest) a public display supporting a cause -- usually joining with others in a political protest
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(2) (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