Protesting

Examples

• Rosedale stopped her with a protesting gesture. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• In deep dejection Mr. Snagsby sits down on his stool, with his back against his desk, protesting, I never had a secret of my own, sir. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Porter firmly by the arm and hurried the weakly protesting old gentleman off in the direction of Cape Town, fifteen hundred miles to the south. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The protesting minority were forgotten in the throng which abjured and came; and the audience was almost as brilliant as the show. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I shouldn't have minded, you know, if I'd got the money-- and at Miss Farish's protesting Oh! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Emma amused herself by protesting that it was very extraordinary, indeed, and that she had not a syllable to say for him. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It was of no use protesting, against Mrs. Cadwallader's way of putting things. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The letter, which has been before alluded to, went on in this strain, protesting throughout as to the extreme satisfaction of the writer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Without saying a word on my side, I walked away from the house (for fear of Laura seeing us), and he followed, protesting softly all the way. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mrs. van der Luyden beamed on her with the smile of Esther interceding with Ahasuerus; but her husband raised a protesting hand. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Within the sphere of school instruction, empiricism found its directly beneficial office in protesting against mere book learning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He tightened his grip upon the protesting professor and increased his speed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Stephen shook his head, mutely protesting that indeed he had other business to do for his life. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.

Checker: Phyllis