What is "remonstration"

Usage examples of "remonstration".

Minor lifted his arm and began to call some remonstration, when he and Kandros saw the gaunt Karkmahnite lift his gaze from the shadow's tip toward the megalith that cast it.

Bunt had evidently prepared some grave remonstration, but Costard, forestalling him, bleated out, "

Nonetheless, they really made quite a convincing display of outrage and vexation, and, for all that we knew it was mere art, we could not help but find these remonstrations a bit offensive.

Brutus said with some slight remonstration, but his eyes sparkled, and he moved away from Genvissa.

And, as Squamp brought up each load of wood and Hackle laid the dead limbs on the fuel heap, his sculptor's eye saw in each one some cryptic, fragmentary gesture of remonstration and reproof, all soon to combine in one blaze of accusation against Haffkraff.

Their combined remonstrations had as much effect on him as bugs have on windshields.

His elder brother, plagued by Master Zist's remonstrations about his class work, had actually turned to Kindan for help.

May we, for once, begin these protests and remonstrations in a civilized manner, please?

The King's wounds were bound with wine-soaked bandages and despite the remonstrations of the bald surgeon, Bernios, Philip supervised the removal of all severely wounded Macedonians to a hospital area outside Pagasai before retiring in the early evening to the captured palace at the centre of the deserted city.

I no longer feel that these remonstrations, much less my tasks, are consequential.

Hal had tried to accept the priest's remonstration with good grace.