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Meanings of expostulate in English

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Usage of expostulate in English
1
She did not expostulate; no one thought of expostulating with Andrew Lashcairn.
Captivity
2
When he opened his mouth to expostulate, in again went the brush.
Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
3
He inherited his mother's peace-loving disposition; he could only expostulate and yield.
Miss Prudence: A Story of Two Girls' Lives.
4
I tried to expostulate with him, but it was of no use.
The Flight of the Shadow
5
They tried to expostulate, to get out of it, but without avail.
The Gray Dawn
6
Then, before she could expostulate, he descended, this time for the rifles.
The Wings of the Morning
7
Before Dr. Oleander could open his mouth to expostulate, his mother struck in:
The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week
8
To encounter or expostulate with a man in this state was plainly absurd.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
9
But the friend turned to William Darling, and began to expostulate with him.
Grace Darling, Heroine of the Farne Islands
10
Guided by these sentiments, he endeavoured to expostulate with the Italian.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
11
It might be well to meet him reasonably, and to expostulate.
The Gray Dawn
12
Even Reddin felt awed and could not gather courage to expostulate with him.
Gone to Earth
13
Then she found that she did not even need to expostulate.
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
14
He seems mildly to expostulate with me for my unfeeling behaviour.
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
15
When I turned to expostulate with him, I found that he had disappeared.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction
16
Sometimes, when the day was very unfavourable, his sisters would expostulate.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
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