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Example sentences for "she protested"

  • But I'm so sorry for him, Tom," she protested contritely.

  • But they may shoot us from the bank," she protested as they plunged through the weeds.

  • But they were killing me by inches," she protested.

  • It is a heavenly place, all said and done," she protested to herself with a little frown.

  • She protested vehemently, being at the moment, of course, not at all in love with mankind in general, but only with those members of mankind who came within the eye of imagination.

  • No; it's very natural," she protested quickly.

  • She protested quickly: "You're not to blame.

  • But there's no danger, Mr. Wentz," she protested breathlessly.

  • Hughie, I can't," she protested, shrinking back.

  • It's terrible to hear you sob like that," she protested, her own voice shaking in sympathy.

  • But you must not turn back unless you are fully convinced of the wrong of going on," she protested.

  • But I ought to be whipped and sent to bed," she protested, almost tearfully.

  • It is n't that there is anything to be afraid of here," she protested, to ward off any suspicions that might be lurking in his mind.

  • She protested feebly, and Marie vigorously, but he was insistent.

  • You have already sacrificed enough of your time to me and mine," she protested.

  • You will be so tired in the morning, darling," she protested gently, while Dinah knelt beside her, earnestly pleading.

  • I'm sure I don't know why," she protested.

  • I was horrid," she protested, with a catch in her voice.

  • But that is not fair of you, Jeff," she protested.

  • But you haven't introduced me to any of your friends yet," she protested.

  • It would be much better for you," she protested.

  • Oh, but that will waste your time still more," she protested.

  • Oh, you shouldn't have done that," she protested.

  • We don't really need to do that," she protested sweetly, naively.

  • Oh, no; you shouldn't say that," she protested.

  • You are talking miles over my head," she protested; and, though the assertion was not strictly true, it served its purpose.

  • Aunt Clare says that some day my mother's coming back from Africa," she protested.

  • Oh, we don't mind his cigar," she protested.

  • But I," she protested, "have so much money!

  • But these pictures," she protested, "I gave to a man I knew.

  • But--" she protested, "I know I am doing right.

  • With the Du Barry," she protested, "I can boast that I wait for no man.

  • Oh, it's not very hot," she protested, with the ready word for the credit of the cuisine.

  • The name of Latham is nothing to you, Eunice," she protested.

  • I will go home to my own tent," she protested.

  • It is a good deal of a task, child, to go down this hill, except when we mean to stay down," she protested.

  • She was aware of the recent course of events; she had as she protested, nothing to accuse herself of, and she could hardly part her lips without a self-exculpation.

  • I am really very unhappy," she protested to Clara.

  • I wish, until your arm is better, that you would buy the kind that hooks on," she protested, almost tearfully.

  • Not that, please," she protested, and fell to whistling softly again, her chin in her hands.

  • But, Henry," she protested, "I tell you that there is no doubt about the matter.

  • My dear Henry," she protested, "I cannot flatter myself that there is any other person in the world sufficiently interested in my movements to have me watched.

  • Your wish was an unreasonable one," she protested.

  • I cannot make appointments with you," she protested, her voice shaking.

  • But have I not told you already," she protested, "that I do not receive callers?


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "she protested" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    fervent prayer; she always; she answered; she became; she felt; she gazed; she had; she heard; she interrupted; she isn; she made; she may have been; she might have been; she now; she ought; she protested; she put; she repeated; she sat; she should; she was; she won; shedding tears; sheet brass; shell shock; shew thyself