protestation
Example Sentences
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Then there is Letby’s own continued protestation of innocence.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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
As a writer, Vuillard has drawn on this background of protestation and distrust of power structures to produce a succession of short, biting historical narratives, distinguished by a tone of ironic exasperation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
“But then I think a large part of that energy was a protestation to across the street.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
She clamped her mouth shut, shaking her head in violent protestation.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
