remonstrate
verb (used with object)
to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
have been remonstrating
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present perfect progressiveof remonstrate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I have been remonstrating with him about the idleness to which he has been given over for the past five months, and which he is pleased to call work.
From Saint Michael A Romance by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
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