Translations for „expostulation“ in the English » German Dictionary

ex·pos·tu·la·tion [ɪkˌspɒstʃəˈleɪʃən, ekˈ-, Am -ˌspɑ:s-] N form

expostulation (protest)

[heftiger] Protest

expostulation (criticism)

[ernste] Vorhaltung[en]

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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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