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Meanings of expostulation in English

Portuguese
objeção
Catalan
protesta
Spanish
protesta

The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest.

        objeção
        Usage of expostulation in English
        1
        The result was a long letter of wild expostulation in this vein:
        The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
        2
        The climax of his expostulation afterwards with Desdemona is at that passage:
        English literary criticism
        3
        And even from the women about there came little murmurs of expostulation.
        The Mississippi Bubble / How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and S...
        4
        Mr. Jack Hamlin lifted his lashes in affected expostulation to the skies.
        Openings in the Old Trail
        5
        But I'd rather help too.' There was no expostulation in his tone.
        A Changed Man, and Other Tales
        6
        After some expostulation, the Doctor was persuaded to put the gun away.
        The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
        7
        I have tried expostulation, threats, entreaties, locking her up; but it's useless.
        Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 / Volume 17, New Series, J...
        8
        Amélie shuddered at his vehemence, but she knew how useless was expostulation.
        The Golden Dog
        9
        I will hear no pleas, I will receive no letter, nor expostulation.
        Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1
        10
        With apparently one accord they burst into hilarious mirth, comment, and expostulation.
        Stories from Everybody's Magazine
        11
        Coming forward, he bared his white head, and adventured a humble expostulation.
        The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
        12
        Lastly, we have to consider very briefly God's expostulation with a saint.
        Sermons Preached at Brighton / Third Series
        13
        Andrews' voice, and another, became distinctly audible,-Andrews 'apparentlyraised in vigorous expostulation.
        The Beetle: A Mystery
        14
        Upon these occasions she would sometimes venture upon a good-humoured expostulation:-Dearsir!
        Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
        15
        When he did, it was in the way of feeble expostulation.
        Put Yourself in His Place
        16
        This produced on the part of the papal government an expostulation.
        History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
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        Portuguese
        objeção
        Expostulation through the time
        Expostulation across language varieties
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