protest
noun
an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid.
am protesting
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present progressiveof protest (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“But I am protesting because it was never my choice.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
I am protesting because YOU talk of rights and titles.
From The Heart of Rachael by Kathleen Thompson Norris
That is why I am protesting before you, valiant sons and daughters of Great Britain, the heirs of the most valuable heritage that ever a nation could call its own.
From Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) by Nikolai Velimirović
What I am protesting against is the whole spirit in which you approach the business—the light-hearted way in which you assume that you can support a flame-flower.
From The Holiday Round by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
