Sentence examples for protest from inspiring English sources
protest
A formal objection, especially one by a group.
- They lodged a protest with the authorities.
The word "protest" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when you want to express a disagreement or disapproval of a certain action or situation. For example: "The students organized a protest against the school's new policy.".
"Customers and staff reacted in different ways to the protest inside the store," he said.
He said: "It's outrageous that students exercising their traditional democratic right to protest have been persecuted in this way".
In October, Freeman carried out a protest by standing on a Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square in London in a 28-hour standoff with police.
Organisers said on Monday that the protest would not end until Beijing changes its electoral guidelines and Leung Chun-Ying, the city's pro-Beijing chief executive, steps down.
Students began a class boycott last Monday and, galvanised by a city-wide surge in support, staged a large-scale protest outside of the city government headquarters on Friday night.
In January 2011, we asked the community to borrow every book (16,000) in our library in protest of its proposed closure.
7 February: Britain and the US recall their ambassadors to Damascus in protest at the Assad regime's "murderous" behaviour towards its own civilians.
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