How to Use remonstrate in a Sentence

remonstrate

verb
  • He got angry when I politely remonstrated with him about littering.
  • At one point a woman holding a baby can be seen remonstrating with the officers.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • My driver remonstrated with him, until a man in civilian clothes behind us offered help.
    — Charles Glass, The New York Review of Books, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Freiburg coach Christian Streich had to be restrained from remonstrating with the ref as he too was sent off.
    — Kit Holden, chicagotribune.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Their grandmother paid them a visit, to remonstrate with Marlene and accuse her of going off the rails.
    — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Thomas Tuchel kept his side in the dressing room for a prolonged team-talk, presumably to remonstrate with them for a poor first half display.
    — SI.com, 27 July 2019
  • When a magazine called him a billionaire a few years ago, Mr Dürr rang the editor to remonstrate.
    — The Economist, 15 June 2019
  • That need to remonstrate has occasionally landed Lai in hot water.
    — Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Atletico still had a chance of equalising but already captain Hulk was remonstrating at length with the officials.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Members of the public remonstrating against it had $1 million homes, hardly in the affordable housing range.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2025
  • After being shown the red card, he was seen remonstrating with England and the fourth official, Stuart Atwell.
    — Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • As the final whistle blew, Ronaldo approached the fourth official, remonstrating with him over the decision.
    — Rory Smith, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Moyes and assistant McKinlay both remonstrated with the fourth official at the resultant flash of a yellow card.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Lyon top scorer Nabil Fekir remonstrated angrily with the officials after his claims for a second-half penalty were turned down.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Both players received bookings and shortly after the interval, were softly remonstrated by the referee over their conduct.
    — Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Last stand Kaplan has otherwise kept defense lawyers on a short leash, frequently remonstrating them for repetitive questioning.
    — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Sabalenka was often frustrated during the first set, remonstrating and shouting at herself and frequently turning around to look at her team with an exasperated look on her face.
    — Jerome Pugmire, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2025
  • Sabalenka was often frustrated during the first set, remonstrating and shouting at herself while frequently turning around to look at her team with an exasperated look on her face.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
  • The chair umpire instead announced that the match had been suspended, leaving Shelton remonstrating with a tournament supervisor as darkness fell.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 6 July 2025
  • After angrily remonstrating at Oliver's decision to award a penalty against Juventus in the dying stages of the game, Buffon was shown a red card.
    — SI.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The former Juventus star was shown a yellow card for remonstrating with the referee against Sassuolo and has now been handed a suspension for totting up too many cautions this season.
    — SI.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Raging at the decision, the 29-year-old Medvedev sprinted across the court to remonstrate angrily with Allensworth and whipped up a jeering New York crowd.
    — Manasi Pathak, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Seeking to launch a final attack down the wing, Turan felt the assistant referee's decision had gone against him and marched up to the official, remonstrating in his face and then shoving him firmly back with both hands.
    — Afp, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2018
  • Indeed, Cantona services fans generously with plenty of great clips of our hero making extraordinary goals and passes, remonstrating with authorities and, best of all, taking his shirt off in his younger years.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • Just under half of those polled have been in an argument with someone in the car due to their interfering comments, and an unfortunate five percent have accidentally jumped a red light while remonstrating with an annoying passenger.
    — Fox News, 7 June 2018
  • The defense remonstrates that allowing a 👍 to signify acceptance would open the floodgates of cases coming forward asking for interpretations of various emojis, for example, what does a 👍 or a 👍 mean?
    — Will Stephenson, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The former Tottenham player wasn’t going over to the referee at the full-time whistle to share a heart-warming moment with Mike Dean but to clearly remonstrate, gesticulating with his hands.
    — Rob Harris, ajc, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Immediately after the miss, Fernandez, who is behind Palmer in a central position, remonstrates with the England international for not letting the ball run through to him.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Whilst their country's footballing representatives were remonstrating, their footballing emissary, Prince Fahid, displayed his own disproval with frenetic gesticulation from the stands.
    — SI.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Several neighbors had remonstrated against the request for variance, for which the Griffith Board of Zoning Appeals granted a favorable recommendation to the town council.
    — Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2023

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