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Example sentences for: dem

How can you use “dem” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"Well, sir, when I brung Nellie inter de commissary tent and set her fo' Marse Robert he turned to me right fo' all dem gimmin and he says: 'William, now you have killed Nellie.
There are telltale characteristics, widely if not universally present: the replacement of an initial "th" with a "d" sound ("dis," "dem") and of a medial or final "th" by an "f" or other consonant sound ("with" becomes "wif," "brother" becomes "bruvah"); a reduction of consonant clusters in general (so that "first" becomes "firs" and "hand" becomes "han"); the replacement of a final "r" sound with a vowel sound ("summah" for "summer" and "mo" for "more"); the prevalence of so-called plosive consonants (making a word such as "bill" sound more like "beel"); the placement of stress on a first, rather than a second, syllable ("DEE-troit"); the disappearance of the final "s" from third-person singular verbs ("what go 'round, come 'round"); the dropping of the copula ("I here," "the coffee cold") and of certain tense inflections altogether.
Niggers all work on de Mississippi, Niggers all work while de white folk play, Pullin' dem boats from de dawn till sunset, Gittin' no rest till de Judgement Day.
An de Lawd He dun go wakka hard for meka dis ting dem de call Eart.
Letters can be changed to mimic pronunciation, for example d may replace th (dat, dese, dem) or a may substitute a final ow (fella, sparra, tomorra) .