remonstrate
verb (used with object)
to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
have remonstrated
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present perfectof remonstrate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Natalie, with alarm that was almost horror, saw him remove his coat and boots; she would have remonstrated, but she felt that remonstrance was useless.
From Mr. Claghorn's Daughter by Hilary Trent
Mary would have remonstrated with him as to the rashness of his conduct—she would have told him what she knew.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.
From Recitations for the Social Circle by James Clarence Harvey
Could she possibly have remonstrated against the impropriety of being left alone with a young man?
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever
I have reasoned, I have remonstrated, and latterly I have threatened and implored with increasing earnestness.
From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society
