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Remonstrating, we were told that there was other business to attend to, and that the town officials could not devote themselves to us.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick

Remonstrating with him one day in the court of the palace, either on that or some other account, the man gave him the lie.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Tasso, Torquato

Remonstrating against the conduct of the Kendal magistrates in the matter of the hearth money.

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel

Remonstrating, I said, "You'll spoil the drawing if you keep on interrupting."

From Forty Years of 'Spy' by Ward, Leslie