protestation

Example Sentences

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“I don’t deserve to be here at all” is a protestation you would expect to hear from someone in prison.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024

By titling his book “Crooked,” Masters not only evokes the archaic language of the 1920s but President Richard M. Nixon’s famous protestation: “I am not a crook.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2023

“But then I think a large part of that energy was a protestation to across the street.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

And she splashes for fun, practicing streamlining — arms outstretched, hands touching, head down — at a swim club we joined in suburban Maryland, despite my early protestation.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2016

She clamped her mouth shut, shaking her head in violent protestation.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas