All 7 Uses

remonstrate
in
Mrs. Warren's Profession
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Even the Ibsen champions of ten years ago remonstrate with me just as the veterans of those brave days remonstrated with them.†
Act Auth
Even the Ibsen champions of ten years ago remonstrate with me just as the veterans of those brave days remonstrated with them.†
Act Auth *

remonstrated = argued in protest or opposition
She remonstrates, implores, flies to the doors and finds them locked, calls for help and finds none at hand, runs screaming from side to side, and, after a harrowing scene, is overpowered and faints.†
Act Auth

remonstrates = argues in protest or opposition
But since these narrations cannot be made public without great difficulty, owing to the obligation an editor is under not to deal unexpectedly with matters that are not virginibus puerisque, the chances are heavily in favor of the Censor escaping all remonstrance.†
Act Auth

remonstrance = argument in protest or opposition
They remonstrate sincerely, asking me what good such painful exposures can possibly do.†
Act Auth
FRANK [remonstrating piteously] But, my dear Viv, I want to talk to you ever so seriously.†
Act 4

remonstrating = arguing in protest or opposition
PRAED [remonstrating] My dear Frank: aren't you a little unsympathetic?†
Act 4

Definitions:

(1) (remonstrate)
argue, complain, or criticize
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In Shakespeare's time, remonstrance was used as a synonym for display, revelation, or manifestation.