Read full poem →[243] Old eds. "vn-protested." ("Unde nihil, quamvis non tueare,
perit.")
Dictionary Entry
To make a strong objection.
In a Sentence
“How dare you, I protest!”
Origin
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Common Phrases
against protested. protestedvigorously protestedprotested strongly
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Poetry examples for “protested”
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Read full poem →He protested all his life long
The newspapers lied about him villainously;
Read full poem →And, gazing anxiously around,
Protested that he had not slept,
But only shut his eyes, and kept
Read full poem →day when Harry had taken his paint-box to paint a boat with, and Punch
had protested with a loud and lamentable voice. Then Uncle Harry had
appeared on the scene and, muttering something about "strangers'
Read full poem →Accordingly the great fire-horse was "let out" from Flagstaff to
Winslow, till a division superintendent protested.
Read full poem →“Yes—yes—lI tell yeh—I’ll take care of yeh, Jim!” protested
the youth. He could not speak accurately because of the gulpings
Read full poem →The same purpose was in the tall soldier’s face. He protested
in a dulled way, keeping his eyes fastened on the mystic place of
Read full poem →“Hey,” he protested, driving through a light that had just turned
red, “you can’t do that in my cab, you better get out and do it in the