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  • verb Present participle of remonstrate.

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Examples

  • NOTwithstanding your prohibition, my dear George, I must write half a score lines upon the subject of your last very inexplicable epistle; but I will not preach, as you would term my remonstrating, I will only pray, beg, supplicate that you will develope the mystery in your last.

    Vicissitudes in Genteel Life 1794

  • While such speech may indeed facilitate crime, it is also useful for legal and perhaps even constitutionally protected purposes, such as remonstrating with the delegates or demonstrating outside their hotels or even their homes.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Crime-Facilitating Speech controversy, 2004

  • While such speech may indeed facilitate crime, it is also useful for legal and perhaps even constitutionally protected purposes, such as remonstrating with the delegates or demonstrating outside their hotels or even their homes.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » 2004 » August 2004

  • He’s with the other soldiers, remonstrating away. “Don’t you worry,” repeats my guy indulgently, a broad smile spreading across his face as if we are the best of buddies. “Give them time.” And then, as if to pass the time himself, he adds, “So, how do you like our excellent country?

    Lawrence Weschler: The Art of the Shakedown, From the Nile to the Potomac Lawrence Weschler 2011

  • He’s with the other soldiers, remonstrating away. “Don’t you worry,” repeats my guy indulgently, a broad smile spreading across his face as if we are the best of buddies. “Give them time.” And then, as if to pass the time himself, he adds, “So, how do you like our excellent country?

    Lawrence Weschler: The Art of the Shakedown, From the Nile to the Potomac Lawrence Weschler 2011

  • After his side were beaten 3-1 at home in the second-round match at the County Ground the Italian could be seen remonstrating with Clarke as the team left the pitch.

    Paolo Di Canio in heated confrontation with Swindon's Leon Clarke 2011

  • She reached out a hand and waggled a finger at him, thumping him on the chest as she spoke, like a mother remonstrating with a difficult child.

    Fatal Error J.A. Jance 2011

  • Coogan is remonstrating with Brydon for his stereotyped impression of a northern accent.

    Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' Laura Barton 2010

  • Instead, he poured on some lighter fluid, blaming Republicans and Standard & Poor's for S&P's credit downgrade while remonstrating that both parties nonetheless had to work together.

    A Downgrade Awakening 2011

  • Ranieri was sent off at half-time for remonstrating with the officials as the teams trooped off.

    Internazionale 0-3 Napoli | La Liga match report 2011

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