Remonstrating
[rɪ'mɔn,streɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Remonstrate
Checker: Seymour
Examples
- Jinks was evidently remonstrating. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Better pass half an hour in remonstrating with her than a day in admiring or praising any other woman alive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Seeing him and personally remonstrating with him might possibly be of more use. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- While this was going on, I heard dear Mr. Godfrey still gently remonstrating. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I did no more than I believed to be my duty in remonstrating with you as I did. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Checker: Seymour