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
Such protestation gives aid and comfort to those who seek to have the indictment dismissed without the accused having to answer the charges against him.
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2023
In the next year or two, however, I will be losing my claim to this familiar protestation.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
