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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
remonstrate .
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Examples
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He again remonstrates with her and is again told to F off.
Upside Your Head « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Understandably salsa-dancing, knicker-stitcher Hayley, was rather distressed – but she's going to be even more upset to find herself bound and gagged in the factory by crazed Tony, who remonstrates: "Could you stop your snivelling and be a man about this?"
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She remonstrates her daughter for being so neglectful of feeding the soul, and McGuire shoots the humbled glance of a chastised daughter, then drops her eyes back to her darning.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) Jacqueline T Lynch 2009
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Ryan trots over and, in once glance, remonstrates Walter that he found a turtle shell.
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That's why Nelson's father remonstrates with him about the affair!
That Hamilton Woman (1941) elena maria vidal 2009
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She remonstrates her daughter for being so neglectful of feeding the soul, and McGuire shoots the humbled glance of a chastised daughter, then drops her eyes back to her darning.
Archive 2009-02-01 Jacqueline T Lynch 2009
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She remonstrates, laughing, and is a childish schoolgirl again.
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“Volumnia,” remonstrates Sir Leicester with his utmost severity.
Bleak House 2007
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“Still, Tony, you were on the wrong side of the post then,” remonstrates Mr. Guppy.
Bleak House 2007
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‘Tut, tut, dear boy,’ Mr. Jasper remonstrates, in a tone of gentle deprecation.
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