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remonstrate
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  • The other two were remonstrating with the one who had let us go.  (source)
    remonstrating = arguing in protest
  • The clerk crossed back to the desk, where a ... woman ... was remonstrating loudly.  (source)
    remonstrating = arguing in protest or opposition
  • 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
  • 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
  • There was a long, nagging argument that went round and round, with shouts, whines, tears, remonstrances, bargainings.  (source)
    remonstrances = arguments in protest or opposition
  • She wondered why Pete saw fit to remonstrate with the woman, pleading for forgiveness with his eyes.  (source)
    remonstrate = argue (present reasons in opposition)
  • 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
  • TYRONE Remonstrates gently.†  (source)
    Remonstrates = argues in protest or opposition
  • LOMAX [still remonstrant] But really, don't you know!†  (source)
  • 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 opposition
    standard 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.
  • "My dear fellow," said Newman, remonstrantly, "what child's play!†  (source)
  • 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 opposition
    standard 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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