1 The generous nature of Safie was outraged by this command; she attempted to expostulate with her father, but he left her angrily, reiterating his tyrannical mandate.
2 As we left her standing in the road, Mr. Murdstone came up to where she was, and seemed to expostulate with her for being so moved.
3 Sometimes, when the day was very unfavourable, his sisters would expostulate.
4 He has at present such a quantity that I have had myself to expostulate.
5 Miss Bingley warmly resented the indignity he had received, in an expostulation with her brother for talking such nonsense.
6 The circle closed up again with a running murmur of expostulation; it was a minute before I could see anything at all.
7 "Tut-tut-tut," Mrs. Lynn-Jones expostulated.
8 It was in vain that Cedric expostulated with his guards, who had too many good reasons for their silence to be induced to break it either by his wrath or his expostulations.
9 Connie expostulated roundly, and was angry with both of them.
10 I expostulated, and desired that he should have his in a mug; affirming that I could not taste the liquid treated so dirtily.
11 Pardon me," expostulated Chichikov, "but that procedure will take up a great deal of time.
12 For the drunken voices expostulating with Rhett were those of Ashley and Hugh Elsing.
13 There was not a soul there save the two whom I had followed and a surpliced clergyman, who seemed to be expostulating with them.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In I. A Scandal in Bohemia 14 Lily continued to meet his expostulations with a smile.
15 But his wife's expostulations awoke his half-slumbering regrets; and Tom's manly disinterestedness increased the unpleasantness of his feelings.