How to Use protest in a Sentence

protest

1 of 2 noun
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  • He heard protests from the crowd.
  • The students launched a protest against the tuition increase.
  • There were cries of protest when the verdict was announced.
  • She told him to go to bed despite his protests that he wasn't tired.
  • She was so upset by their decision that she resigned in protest.
  • The suspect surrendered his gun without protest.
  • Then there were the months of nightly protests in 2020.
    — oregonlive, 6 July 2023
  • And sometimes protests have to cross lines to make a point.
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The death of George Floyd and protests in 2020 prompted other changes.
    — Time, 6 July 2023
  • Cairo was also the scene of mass protests, and the U.S. Embassy in Amman was forced to close.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Maybe now the city would fix them, given how the mall protest had gone viral.
    — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Its members have cracked down on Palestinian protests against the war in Gaza.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
  • In the face of a deadly regime crackdown, protests died down in Iran earlier this year.
    — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
  • People who have seen his videos on social media have reached out to him and asked to join him on his protests.
    — Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The protest, dubbed Shut It Down for Palestine, was largely peaceful despite the angry shouts and chants for a cease-fire to the war.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Despite the protests, Reddit has largely stood its ground.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 26 June 2023
  • Each night, the police proved hesitant to involve themselves in the protests.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • In the past few weeks, the government has arrested dozens of people to prevent a fresh round of protests.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
  • That may not be surprising, given the protests breaking out all over the country.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2023
  • But the construction site protest finally seemed to pay off.
    — Lynsey Chutel Gulshan Khan, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The resulting footage, which aired on the news, captured the N.Y.P.D.’s brutal tactics for suppressing the protest.
    — Miss Rosen, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
  • The protest in the building called Lobby 7 lasted much of the day and attracted counterprotesters.
    — Michael Casey, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The music video brings the lyrics to life, with images of the American flag burning, protests, riots, looting and more.
    — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2023
  • It's been a few months since Reddit shut down the vast majority of third-party clients, and the protests have mostly died down.
    — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Country fans put him at the center of the genre — perhaps partly as protest — through sheer force of adulation.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The protest was called as anti-Jewish acts in the country – which has the largest Jewish population in Europe – are on the rise.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The protest is the most recent occurrence of climate activists targeting the arts.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Word of Knight's dismissal prompted protests from students.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • There have also been many other protests and rallies around the nation and worldwide calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • But star power can cut both ways; the strike is about pay minimums, and protests by elite actors could muddy the message.
    — Brooks Barnes, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
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protest

2 of 2 verb
  • She protested that the law was unfair.
  • The coach protested the referee's call.
  • They were protesting against the death penalty.
  • Peace activists protested the war.
  • The decision was protested by dozens of people.
  • There is no use protesting. I will not change my mind.
  • The victim's family protested at the judge's sentence.
  • Students protested at the civil rights rally.
  • Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Spain on Sunday to protest the planned amnesty.
    — TIME, 13 Nov. 2023
  • People were on the streets, protesting against the military.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
  • He’s driven a taxi cab, played in a band and protested the Vietnam War.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The two gave up their seats close to the stage and watched instead from the bleachers after the girl’s mother protested.
    — Elda Cantú, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • In 1888, the baker’s union went on strike in Buenos Aires to protest working conditions and wages.
    — Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The party said Woo has been on a hunger strike for the past 14 days to protest the Japanese discharge plans.
    — Kim Tong-Hyung, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
  • The Tribune reported City Hall received calls at a rate of 1,100 an hour to protest the sirens.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Those who are in the streets protesting the Court's action on this have every right to complain.
    — Arkansas Online, 3 July 2023
  • Cynthia Nixon is going on a hunger strike to protest the Israel–Hamas war.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested in the streets.
    — Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
  • And what these people are doing is protesting for sheer evil.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • This was in early 2017, and outside the restaurant were thousands of women, protesting in the same sort of vein as the Women’s March in the U.S.
    — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Since 2007, Brooks has protested the market value of his home seven times.
    — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The governor protested to the War Department and Wallace had to rescind the order.
    — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • South Africa was forced to mobilize its reserve troops, and white South Africans began protesting at home.
    — Benjamin Case, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
  • About the people who supported what was happening and those who protested against it.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Of course that’s the same state legislature that expelled two Black men for protesting after a mass shooting, but not the white woman who did the same.
    — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Less than three weeks later, troops poured into central Beijing, shooting at the crowds that had gathered to protest or watch.
    — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 7 July 2023
  • The first zoning board meeting had to be canceled because so many people wanted to attend to protest.
    — William Cohan, Town & Country, 7 June 2023
  • Government business ground to a half over the past two years after the DUP walked out to protest trade issues related to Brexit.
    — Brian Melley, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Calls had gone out for Trump supporters to protest the proceeding on Tuesday.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 June 2023
  • Spanish players publicly protested the lack of backing for the team at that tournament and during the next five years.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023

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