expostulation
Example Sentences
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His expostulations broke through, and Iowa began whittling — then bludgeoning — its way into the lead.
From Washington Times
Pacific time on Fox’s over-the-air network, a variety of expostulations were registered as loudly for this arrangement as they once were for the Video Assistant Referee system.
From Los Angeles Times
For most Americans, President Trump’s expostulations are audible wallpaper, always there but not really noticed.
From Washington Post
Against the impatient expostulations of the Serjeant, we brought the man down from the attic and dowsed him with water, that he might not suffer so greatly from the heat.
From Literature
That is not the sort of expostulation expected of a researcher from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
From Economist
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