remonstrate
verb (used with object)
to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
are remonstrating
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present progressiveof remonstrate.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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I know well enough that you are remonstrating with me now: that you disapprove of something—and will not tell me what.
From Brooke's Daughter A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
After listening awhile and hearing nothing he began again, and the same noise issuing from the plant he was cutting, he said, “These plants are remonstrating with me for cutting them.”
From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell
