PROTEST in a Sentence
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251 example sentences for PROTEST, such as:
1. He would sputter uneasy protest.
2. Its rusty castors screeching in protest.
3. She accepted the charge without protest.
4. Two members resigned from the board in protest.
5. The director resigned in protest at the decision.
2. Its rusty castors screeching in protest.
3. She accepted the charge without protest.
4. Two members resigned from the board in protest.
5. The director resigned in protest at the decision.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PROTEST
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protest
n. a formal and solemn declaration of objection
n. the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent
Classic Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1 She could not bring herself to utter any word to the Yankees, either of pleading, protest or anger.
2 Its rusty castors screeching in protest.
3 It was his only heavy coat but Scarlett made no protest.
4 The newspapers were so muzzled that no public protest could be raised against the injustices or depredations of the military, and individual protests were silenced with jail sentences.
5 With Yankee soldiers everywhere, the state officials could do little but protest and resist.
6 "It was nothing," he would protest.
7 What he did at this desk the bewildered officials of the bank did not know, but he owned too large a block of the stock for them to protest his presence there.
8 She met Selden's sound of protest with a sharp derisive glance.
9 He had drawn her hand into his arm, but she held him back with a last gesture of protest.
10 Lily uttered no protest, and when he had paused to make sure of his change they emerged from the hotel and crossed Sixth Avenue again.
11 They stared at her; they nodded at Juanita's protest: "I think one's enough for a while."
12 It was not Erik to whom she must escape, but universal and joyous youth, in class-rooms, in studios, in offices, in meetings to protest against Things in General.
13 He would sputter uneasy protest.
14 The lovers got up, with only a silent protest, and walked slowly away somewhere else.
15 The boys were being put to bed; the patter of their bare, escaping feet could be heard occasionally, as well as the pursuing voice of the quadroon, lifted in mild protest and entreaty.
Example Sentence: (97 in 7 pages)
1 They walked out in protest after being outvoted by the National Salvation Front majority.
2 Animal protection supporters gathered to protest against hunting.
3 Demonstrators were bussed in from all parts of the country to attend the protest rally.
4 Despite dire threats of violence from extremist groups, the protest passed off peacefully.
5 He lost the election because of the protest vote.
6 Two members resigned from the board in protest.
7 Students staged a sit-in in the university offices as part of their protest campaign.
8 She accepted the charge without protest.
9 Strikes are the most common form of industrial protest.
10 Some radicals may oppose him in protest at the attempt of his supporters to stage-manage the congress.
11 Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg could pick up a significant number of protest votes which will boost his party's previous showing.
12 The director resigned in protest at the decision.
13 Several dozen councillors walked out of the meeting in protest.
14 Not to protest is to connive at the destruction of the environment.
15 Members of an environmental group are staging a protest inside a chemical plant.