Example Sentences

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"Well, well," said Miss O'Reilly, remonstratingly, bringing the kettle, "and you that was that weak last night that if you got Ireland's crown you couldn't lift the bedclothes off your arms!"

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

Now and then her mother touched her arm remonstratingly.

From Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

Nobody would go now," he said, remonstratingly, "and leave ground like that.

From A Girl of the Klondike by Cross, Victoria

"What have you been telling him about me, you dreadful girl?" queried Miss Archer, shaking her head remonstratingly when this was repeated to her.

From Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes by Thayer, Ella Cheever

"It is such a day!" he answered, remonstratingly, but not positively refusing.

From Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood by MacDonald, George