Protested

Examples

• I have always protested against comedy, and this is comedy in its worst form. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I signified my readiness to proceed, but our guides protested against such a measure. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I try to be a good wife, Jerry, the poor woman protested, with tears. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Mr Boffin faintly protested. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Here I should have protested again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He protested and pleaded with Faust, but the latter was obdurate. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The boy protested that she should not; she continued to declare that she would, and the argument ended only with the visit. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He protested that she should receive from him no mark of affection whatever on the occasion. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I protested at the rate of speed over the sharp curves, designed to show the power of the engine, but Edison said they had done it often. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Mr. Bennet protested against any description of finery. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I don't feel as if I were,' she protested. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• With the deepest blushes Fanny protested against such a thought. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He protested that he had never thought seriously of Harrietnever! Jane Austen. Emma.
• All that woman could do, she vowed and protested she had done. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Amy protested that she would not go, and Meg left her in despair to ask Hannah what should be done. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I have done nothing of the sort, protested the poet quietly; I only told him how you were accustomed to associate with Alcibiades. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I warn't doing no harm, Young Jerry protested, rubbing his cheek. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Miss Bart tactfully protested. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• But then she rebelled against herself, and protested silently against the confusion implied between a Spanish merchant and a Milton mill-owner. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• The farmer grew indignant, and protested that McCormick would ruin all his wheat, and the laborers began to jeer and joke at the machine’s expense. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• On her accompanying each of these reproaches with a threatening stamp of the foot, the wretched creature protested with a whine. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Nothing could be too good for that sweet lady, she vowed and protested. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But the sale of books was small, and for two years more the apprentices grumbled, and protested that they should have stuck to the lapidary’s art. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I call old Gabriel Betteredge one of my friends; and you will be amused to hear that he protested strongly when I saw him yesterday. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It is only in your client's interests that I protested. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The bill is protested, and returns upon the drawer, who, if he does not immediately pay it, becomes likewise a bankrupt. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• There is no better, the voluble Vengeance protested in her shrill notes, in France. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I'm not sorry, protested Jo, with a choke. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The baby was the soul of honor, and protested with all its might. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• If I had had breath enough, I should certainly have protested against this indecent way of speaking of an eminent philanthropic character. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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