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
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.
