expostulation in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for expostulation in the English»French Dictionary

expostulation [Brit ɪkspɒstjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n, ɛkspɒstjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n, Am ɪkˌspɑstʃəˈleɪʃən, ɛkˌspɑstʃəˈleɪʃən] N form

expostulation

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But in other contexts it is redolent of snooty presumption: we are a phone's throw away from the expostulations of wild-eyed sticklers nursing their improbable peeves.

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This expostulation echoes the reader's sentiments.

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There is, however, a high probability that the way he stimulates such people -- still more insult oratory and fact-free "policy" expostulations -- will cause other groups to recoil.

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