- present participle of protest.
protesting
Example Sentences
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Some men have gone to prison for protesting the ban.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Residents in Gilroy, Calif., are protesting a $2 billion Amazon data center that was approved without public meetings or votes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Many Americans are out in the streets protesting and putting themselves on the line.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Albanians have been protesting against the project for months, but it was when barbed wire appeared six weeks ago to mark out the boundaries of the complex that anger erupted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
We spent the day protesting from behind our invisible barrier.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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