Lord George had gone to the father, and the father with many protestations of personal goodwill, had declared that in such a matter he would not attempt to bias his daughter.
Since that, and since his marriage, surely the protestations of affection had come almost exclusively from the lady!
In spite of our protestations to the contrary, he killed a goat, the only one which he possessed, to contribute to our entertainment.
Finally the senior officers came charging at their king, making violent protestations of faith and honesty, for which they were applauded.
Cesare concluded his letter with protestations of brotherly love--the Judas' kiss which makes him hateful to us in this affair.
The Pope wrote to the cardinal commending Cesare to his good graces, and the cardinal replied with protestations which he certainly proceeded to make good.
Valentinois listened to the specious compliments, and replied by similarprotestations and by reminding Florence how he had curbed the hand of those very condottieri who had now rebelled against him as a consequence.
And with many inward protestations against parties in general and his own in particular, he left Mr. Smear and his imagination together.
I did not want to enter their society; in fact, never valued it at all; but I cared for Siegfried, and he lured me on with protestations of friendship.
He pressed my hand in evident excitement, assuring me of eternal friendship and gratitude for standing by his side at this turning-point of his life, whereupon I returned his protestations with equal feeling.
Mr. Conried began his administration with many protestations of artistic virtue and made a beginning which aroused high expectations.
Ole Bull's management of the Academy of Music was but a fleeting incident, memorable only for the protestations with which it was begun and for its brevity.
But my comforting protestations profited nothing, and the poor man retired in great confusion, murmuring incoherently.
It is only weak-minded people like myself who flop on any stranger's neck with protestations of undying affection.
Not less was Lord Byron's aversion to reading than to writing official documents; these he used to hand over to me, pretending, spite of all my protestations to the contrary, that I had a passion for documents.
Forthwith the Chinese lanterns were extinguished, and despite the protestations of the landlord, who feared for the sleep of his other tenants, tree after tree went crashing down the steps and piled up at the bottom.
He would cast furtive glances at Miss von Schwertfeger, who usually sat with her eyes on her plate and a wry smile on her lips; and then despite the gentlemen's protestations of regret, the ladies would leave the table.
Paris does not laugh at handsome people,' said Blanche de Laon, cutting short the flattering protestations of Loswa.
Blanche de Laon, breaking in roughly on the graceful protestations of Loswa.
That night, from various conversations in which Codlin and Short took pains to engage her, little Nell began to have misgivings concerning their protestations of friendship, and to suspect their motives.
But she was conscious of a strong desire to ask this suspected man a few leading questions as to certain matters, yet it seemed a mean thing, to take advantage of his protestations of affection for her.
For the first few moments Nanette never ceased her protestations of gratitude, and when at last she finished them in a great sob behind her handkerchief, Honor looked sweetly up in Mr. Rayne's face and said.
Octavia burst into a storm of weeping at the terrible intelligence, for she had been partially deceived by the protestations of Agrippina.
His face had assumed a deadly pallor, and all his limbs had burst into a cold sweat; but even when his seal was recognised, he continued to stammer protestations of his innocence.
In an instant the bee-hunter was at pretty Margery's side, making his peace by zealous apologies and winning protestations of respect and concern.
Who discredits the atrocities perpetrated by Ovando in Hispaniola, Pizarro in Peru, and Cortez in Mexico,--because they filled the ears of the Spanish Court with protestations of their benignant rule?
Honest Bob took the piece of silver, with a gusto that no opinions of the marvellous could diminish; and, touching his hat, he did not fail to make the usual protestations of discretion.
Notwithstanding his protestations {250} of love and his urgent demands to her to follow him, Eurydice never ceases to implore him to cast a single look on her, threatening him with her death, should he not fulfil her wish.
Latour has succeeded in enthralling St. Phar; he has an interview with her, and, won by his protestations of love, she consents to marry him.
All the young man's protestations are of no avail, for in his knapsack are found the papers of a certain Wilhelm Stark, for whom he is now mistaken.
But she has already offended him by her {248} unwillingness to listen to his protestations of love, and when he hears that Hueon is her husband, he condemns them to be burnt together.
He renewed his protestations of truth, asked Mr. Galloway to pray for him, wept, and repeated his averments.
Sprot, with protestationsof loyalty, said that he thought that Logan had been in the Gowrie conspiracy.
He renewed his protestations from every corner of the scaffold, in the most vigorous language.
In consequence of this agreement, we took all opportunities of seeing each other in private; and these interviews were spent in mutual protestations of disinterested love.
Gabri's vacant place caused his tears to flow afresh; would that faithful friend believe his protestationsany more than the rest, whilst proofs were so strong against him?
The priest's protestations did not convince the baron.
A shrill cry of delight from mother and son outweighed any protestations of obedience.
That is easily seen," said Saint Remy; "such a present speaks more than all theprotestations in the world.
As much as I was at first touched with his gratitude, so much was I alarmed at his protestations of love.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "protestations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
