remonstratein a sentence
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When she has a complaint with her staff, she will remonstrate quietly and in private.remonstrate = criticize or argue
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The lawyers will remonstrate that we're starting without a written agreement, but we trust each other.remonstrate = criticize
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Hermione's remonstration was drowned by a loud giggle; Lavender Brown had apparently found Ron's remark highly amusing. (source)remonstration = argument in protest or opposition
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The other two were remonstrating with the one who had let us go. (source)remonstrating = arguing in protest
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The clerk crossed back to the desk, where a ... woman ... was remonstrating loudly. (source)remonstrating = arguing in protest or opposition
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And yet he has played her faithful lapdog ever since, never remonstrating, never accusing, never confronting her with his feelings. (source)
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There was no remonstrance for having broken the Fourth Commandment. (source)remonstrance = argument in protest or opposition
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His mind remonstrated with him over this thought, that part of his mind trained by his mother and his church. (source)remonstrated = argued in protest or opposition
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There was a long, nagging argument that went round and round, with shouts, whines, tears, remonstrances, bargainings. (source)remonstrances = arguments in protest or opposition
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She wondered why Pete saw fit to remonstrate with the woman, pleading for forgiveness with his eyes. (source)remonstrate = argue (present reasons in opposition)
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In fact, during the strikes I was often in the position of remonstrating with some of my more wayward colleagues who did not want to abide by our agreement. (source)remonstrating = arguing in protest or opposition
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TYRONE Remonstrates gently.† (source)Remonstrates = argues in protest or opposition
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LOMAX [still remonstrant] But really, don't you know!† (source)
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The letter itself was virtually endless in length, overwritten, teaching, repetitious, opinionated, remonstrative, condescending, embarrassing—and filled, to a surfeit, with affection. (source)remonstrative = (written) in a manner that argues in protest or oppositionstandard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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"My dear fellow," said Newman, remonstrantly, "what child's play!† (source)
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I let her get clear of the place and was about to follow—the rooms were nearly empty—when I heard a voice at the turnstile I had not heard for many years, an unforgettable self-taught stammer, a sharp cadence of remonstration.† (source)remonstration = argument in protest or oppositionstandard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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