demand
verb (used with object)
to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right.
demanded
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past participleof demand.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof demand.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
demandverb (used with object)to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right.
Example Sentences
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Most schools either didn’t respond, stonewalled the request or demanded excessive fees to process the request.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
On March 24, Davis demanded a status report — within hours.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
"But they also raise a broader question: whether the Navy can sustain the operational tempo now being demanded of its carrier force," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Congressional Democrats demanded answers Wednesday about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, following reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and mental health crises during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
But I kept walking, steeled only by the strength from Olka’s elbow, which I was grasping, less as the part demanded than as a crutch I needed.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
