How to Use protestation in a Sentence

protestation

noun

• Despite his protestations to the contrary, he appears to be guilty.
• Despite his protestations, peace is not in hand in the Holy Land.
  — Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
• For all these protestations, the market has treated it as a turning point.
  — John Authers | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2019
• His protestations may well hold the answer on striking the right balance.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 12 May 2020
• Often the protestation from farmers is the region is too cold.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
• In the psych ward, the nurses ignored my protestations because nurses are very good at their jobs.
  — Katie MacBride, Longreads, 27 Apr. 2018
• To leer, grope, force, no matter what age, profession, protestation.
  — Michael Arceneaux, Glamour, 27 Aug. 2018
• The girl stated that despite her protestations, Bell fondled her, kissed her body, pulled her clothes down and raped her.
  — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 26 June 2017
• And his protestation of ignorance certainly seemed to be true.
  — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 27 Sep. 2018
• Khalid, for all his lovelorn protestations, fully trusts the power of his imploring voice, which warms even his most brittle tracks.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2019
• Even as the United States joined the chorus of protestations, Barzani pushed ahead.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017
• Over his father's protestations, Whitaker was sentenced to death.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2018
• Even Gandhi’s own pietism, for all his protestations of love and friendship, could set Muslim nerves on edge.
  — Ferdinand Mount, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
• Amgen outlined some of those protestations in a statement on Friday.
  — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 14 June 2019
• There were further frustrated protestations after he was booked.
  — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• The joke here is that, of course, Kimmy’s protestations are true — but none of those men are Kimmy Schmidt.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 30 May 2018
• Sunrise and sunset now come an hour earlier, despite my protestations.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
• Noelle does Lydia’s makeup against her protestations and encourages her to start dating again.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 July 2019
• However, Penelope’s love for Colin — and his protestation of the match — gets in the way.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
• However, his protestations don’t address the essential reason for the verdict or the size of the fine.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• The two then entered Mortensen's car, where Paul claims that Mortensen drove away from the home, despite her protestations.
  — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
• Despite protestations from those close to him about moving to Apple, Cook felt the move was necessary.
  — Natalie McCormick, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
• The company’s protestations that everything is going to plan are deaf to a loss of confidence among investors.
  — Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2019
• Despite the protestations and barbs from Edwards, Nono does objectively fine work on his hair.
  — Sean Gregory, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
• As the boy reached out to take the cap, a man standing next to him snatched it away and gave it to a woman who put it in her handbag despite the boy’s visible protestations.
  — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
• Imran’s protestations were not enough, and he was voted off by his fellow contestants — all of whom proceeded to spell his name wrong on their chalkboards.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2026
• The second half of the play unfolds as a series of arguments and sales pitches and insults and protestations over who did what or who might have done what or who needs what the most.
  — Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025
• And what if, despite Anthony’s protestations to the contrary, the ability to adjust is just not there?
  — New York Times, 20 Nov. 2019
• Ma-Ma believed Huey’s protestations of innocence.
  — Joshua Sharpe, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
• Gone were the grand protestations against hate and bigotry, now replaced with quieter, more intimate vignettes into his deep love for his boyfriend, Alan.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2019