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remonstrance - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • reject: Drafted by Edward Hyde, it rejected the Remonstrance but in reasoned and conciliatory tones calculated to appeal to patriotism and loyalty.

Adjective modifier

  • feeble: I think they must have been given to feeble remonstrance, getting more and more peevish as it became more and more ineffectual.
  • pointed: I continued making her the most pointed remonstrances until, in spite of her efforts to control herself, she burst into tears.

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