Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having made a protest.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
protest .
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Examples
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"You'll be aground," the captain protested, seizing the wheel.
The Wit of Porportuk 2010
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The Rovers captain protested his innocence, but after consultation with an assistant, Lee Probert quite properly took the view that Samba had brought down Welbeck and had been the last defender.
Sunderland fail to take advantage of Blackburn Rovers' 10 men Paul Wilson at Ewood Park 2010
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Clan Mamorukin protested; the daimyo were their guests and would not be harmed.
Kederan XI or How Luna's life became complicated beyond imagination nathreee 2008
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Ireland, India, South Africa, and New Zealand countries with active publication in English protested the settlement and have been exempted from it.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » Le Guin: Petition Letter to the Judge of the Google Book Settlement. 2010
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The Patriot Guard Riders are good; the lawsuit by the parent of a fallen Marine who the Phelps 'protested is good.
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(Pétain protested, but his objections "were neither particularly strong nor particularly principled.")
War Without End 2005
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(Pétain protested, but his objections "were neither particularly strong nor particularly principled.")
War Without End 2005
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The goal did not sit well with Burns, who protested from the bench after referee Marc Joannette refused to let the Devils make a late player change.
USATODAY.com 2003
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The Arabs again protested against this plan and demanded complete independence for Palestine.
Education Week 1956
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"Oh, he's like the Revercombs from the beginnin '," protested Solomon, "slow an 'peaceable an' silent until you rouse 'em, but when they're once roused, they're roused beyond God or devil."
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