Expostulate is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for EXPOSTULATE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to remonstrate; to discuss or reason with
• express strong disapproval or disagreement
• To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; -- followed by with.
• To discuss; to examine.
• reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• discuss, examine

Words related to EXPOSTULATE

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Words that contain EXPOSTULATE

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How to use EXPOSTULATE in a sentence

• They will expostulate, they will remonstrate, but they will not go to war with their own Colonies.
• He had, more than once, felt a strong disposition to visit Gray Forest, and expostulate, face to face, with its guilty proprietor.
• Were you and your brother to meet only to confer together, to expostulate, to clear up difficulties, it were another thing.
• But in this instance, I hope, O Quintus Fufius, to be allowed to expostulate with you, as a senator who greatly differs from you, without any prejudice to our friendship.
• Only a few followers were with him at the time, and in turning to expostulate with one of his assailants, he was killed by a pistol shot, and fell from his horse.
• Peebleby could expostulate he had introduced himself and was making known his mission.
• Guided by these sentiments, he endeavoured to expostulate with the Italian.
• Some endeavoured to hustle him, and others began to expostulate.
• He no longer absolutely refused to comply with my requisition, but condescended to expostulate with me.
• He seems mildly to expostulate with me for my unfeeling behaviour.
• The guardian determined to expostulate with his ward.
• Esdras is sent to expostulate with the vngratful Iewes for neglecting Gods manie great benefites.
• Colonel Tiffton, who had heard what was going on, had ridden over to expostulate with Mrs.
• Two or three times May endeavored to expostulate with her, but found herself rudely repulsed.
• But he had been made a prisoner in so deft a manner that he had no opportunity to expostulate or offer any sort of resistance.
• In that desperate situation there was no time to expostulate.
• She even sent her father to expostulate with them, but it was of no use.
• If a man rose to expostulate, Marsena was equal to him with tongue and wit.
• Effie saw quite plainly that it would be useless for her to attempt to expostulate.
• Ramon, too weary to expostulate, followed the assistant to a corral back of the building.
• Dallas, Secretary of State for Pennsylvania, went at midnight to expostulate with Genet, who burst into a passion, and declared that the vessel should sail.
• Sometimes, when the day was very unfavourable, his sisters would expostulate.
• He yearned to expostulate with him gently, as a friend.
• He contented himself only with such a note from the old man as ought he asserted to be quite sufficient, and it was utterly useless for Shanty to expostulate.
• When the bear came for these she ventured to expostulate.
• Let us expostulate with these learned sages, these priests of the sacred temple of justice.
• This is a comment against which I may reasonably expostulate, but which nevertheless I am indisposed to ignore.
• I ought to have listened to an explanation sent by Cecilia and her mother, after her coming down stairs to expostulate.
• If she expected her husband to storm and rave, insist and expostulate, she was disappointed.

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