Protests can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| protest - express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country" | ||
| protest - utter words of protest | ||
| protest - affirm or avow formally or solemnly; "The suspect protested his innocence" | ||
Noun |
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| protest - the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent | ||
| protest - a formal and solemn declaration of objection; "they finished the game under protest to the league president"; "the senator rose to register his protest"; "the many protestations did not stay the execution" | ||
| protest - the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval; "he shouted his protests at the umpire"; "a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall" |
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| 1. | noun | And this has already drawn protests from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) which was backed by the LTTE in the April general elections held in Sri Lanka. | |
| 2. | noun | Rev. King led protests and demonstrations all over the country during the next few years. | |
| 3. | noun | Some of Martin Luther King's supporters began to question his belief in peaceful protests. | |
| 4. | noun | Amnesty International often organizes public protests in support of political prisoners. | |
| 5. | noun | I panicked when I read that they expected big protests in Riyadh today, but then my wife reassured me, saying that she had just bought two bottles of olive oil, ensuring our living standard for months, even if oil prices were to explode. | |
| 6. | noun | More and more students are joining the protests. | |
| 7. | noun | Recently there have been a lot of protests in the city. | |
| 8. | noun | The dispute over the islands has led to some anti-Japanese protests in China. | |
| 9. | noun | Additionally to Internet censorship, the Belarusian government systematically conducts Distributed Denial of Service attacks against a number of pro-democratic news sites on the dates of anti-government protests and elections. | |
| 10. | noun | The street protests have been going on for three weeks already. | |
| 11. | noun | The European fuel protests of 2000 were an excellent example of what will happen when we are deprived of our petrol and a salutary warning. | |
| 12. | noun | Security has been beefed up for the education minister's visit to the university because student protests are expected. | |
| 13. | noun | In the year 2020, the use of the German language in all public institutions was abolished in favor of English, despite massive protests on the part of the population. | |
| 14. | noun | In 2020, the use of German in all public institutions was abolished in favor of English, despite massive protests on the part of the population. | |
| 15. | noun | These protests are engineered by the CIA. | |
| 16. | verb | We feel called to protest and oppose this injustice. | |
| 17. | verb | Martin Luther King, Jr. persuaded the black citizens to protest peacefully. | |
| 18. | verb | The assembly voted to protest against any nuclear armament. | |
| 19. | verb | Transportation workers staged a walkout to protest pay cuts. | |
| 20. | verb | Before I could protest, I was handcuffed and was on my way to prison. | |
| 21. | verb | The citizens demonstrated to protest against the new project. | |
| 22. | verb | Ruritania summoned Balquiria's chargé d'affaires to protest against the violations of human rights in the latter's country. | |
| 23. | verb | They no longer felt a need to protest. | |
| 24. | verb | They did not protest working long hours for low pay. | |
| 25. | verb | American workers began to protest. | |
| 26. | verb | More and more students began to protest. | |
| 27. | verb | Today, some websites are blacked out to protest against SOPA and PIPA. | |
| 28. | verb | She didn't protest. | |
| 29. | verb | He didn't protest. | |
| 30. | verb | Chinese journalists at a major newspaper have gone on strike to protest against censorship. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| And this has already drawn protests from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) which was backed by the LTTE in the April general elections held in Sri Lanka. |
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| Rev. King led protests and demonstrations all over the country during the next few years. | |
| Some of Martin Luther King's supporters began to question his belief in peaceful protests. | |
| Amnesty International often organizes public protests in support of political prisoners. | |
| I panicked when I read that they expected big protests in Riyadh today, but then my wife reassured me, saying that she had just bought two bottles of olive oil, ensuring our living standard for months, even if oil prices were to explode. | |
| More and more students are joining the protests. | |
| Recently there have been a lot of protests in the city. | |
| The dispute over the islands has led to some anti-Japanese protests in China. | |
| Additionally to Internet censorship, the Belarusian government systematically conducts Distributed Denial of Service attacks against a number of pro-democratic news sites on the dates of anti-government protests and elections. | |
| The street protests have been going on for three weeks already. | |
| The European fuel protests of 2000 were an excellent example of what will happen when we are deprived of our petrol and a salutary warning. | |
| Security has been beefed up for the education minister's visit to the university because student protests are expected. | |
| In the year 2020, the use of the German language in all public institutions was abolished in favor of English, despite massive protests on the part of the population. | |
| In 2020, the use of German in all public institutions was abolished in favor of English, despite massive protests on the part of the population. | |
| These protests are engineered by the CIA. | |
| verb | |
| We feel called to protest and oppose this injustice. |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. persuaded the black citizens to protest peacefully. | |
| The assembly voted to protest against any nuclear armament. | |
| Transportation workers staged a walkout to protest pay cuts. | |
| Before I could protest, I was handcuffed and was on my way to prison. | |
| The citizens demonstrated to protest against the new project. | |
| Ruritania summoned Balquiria's chargé d'affaires to protest against the violations of human rights in the latter's country. | |
| They no longer felt a need to protest. | |
| They did not protest working long hours for low pay. | |
| American workers began to protest. | |
| More and more students began to protest. | |
| Today, some websites are blacked out to protest against SOPA and PIPA. | |
| She didn't protest. | |
| He didn't protest. | |
| Chinese journalists at a major newspaper have gone on strike to protest against censorship. | |