All 4 Uses of
remonstrate
in
Emma
- …met Mr. Elton, and found to his great surprize, that Mr. Elton was actually on his road to London, and not meaning to return till the morrow, though it was the whist-club night, which he had been never known to miss before; and Mr. Perry had remonstrated with him about it, and told him how shabby it was in him, their best player, to absent himself, and tried very much to persuade him to put off his journey only one day; but it would not do; Mr. Elton had been determined to go on, and…†
Chpt 1.7-8
- Mr. Woodhouse's peculiarities and fidgetiness were sometimes provoking him to a rational remonstrance or sharp retort equally ill-bestowed.†
Chpt 1.11-12
- By this time, the walk in the rain had reached Mrs. Elton, and her remonstrances now opened upon Jane.†
Chpt 2.15-16
- I cannot see you acting wrong, without a remonstrance.
Chpt 3.7-8 *remonstrance = argument in protest or opposition
Definition:
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(remonstrate) argue, complain, or criticize