The word 'protesting' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a verb that means to express disapproval or objection towards something. Example: The students were protesting against the new tuition fee hikes by staging a sit-in at the university's administration building.
Another sign of dissent could be detected in the last days of "really existing socialism", when protesting crowds sang official songs, including national anthems, to remind the powers of their unfulfilled promises.
Their awkwardness at black people protesting the death of Eric Garner at the hands of the police, meanwhile, is clear evidence of the racism that keeps pictures like Selma off ballot sheets.
The Valladolid manager, Miroslav Djukic, was sent off for protesting.
Despite the peaceful nature of their actions, the simple act of protesting means that activists' lives sometimes resemble that of Tony Soprano.
While the customs officers were getting to grips with their discovery, Gurlitt, 80, reportedly remained in his darkened bedroom without protesting.
I resolved never to go into a McDonald's (or "Mickey Dee's" as they would love to be called but never are) after they took legal action against two leafleters protesting at their methods.
However hard Ramos tried – and he tried pretty hard, handballing and kicking and pushing and protesting and flying in, getting wilder with every one, a mental soundtrack of cymbal crashes accompanying each tackle – Montero stubbornly, and comically, refused to pull out the card.
Lawyers have written to London's mayor threatening legal action after he sanctioned the construction of "unlawful" fences around the square, which campaigners claim are a deliberate attempt to stop them protesting peacefully.
Not all the families were protesting, some of them left their districts looking for safety".
In the Wikipedia entry on the shooting, a government internet connection was used to write: "There has been some public backlash against Menezes, with British tabloid newspaper in particular protesting that he has received more publicity than any of the 52 people who died in the bombings.
Mourinho had been banned for a game and fined £13,500 back in 2009 for protesting a decision made by Daniele Orsato when he was manager of Internazionale, the second of two occasions when he had been sent to the stands by this official.
