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How to use expostulate in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word expostulate? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Her works do not expostulate on art issues or complain about a difficult early life.
Before he has any chance to expostulate, he is mortally wounded by the tenor and dies.
An official could expostulate with the emperor over his decisions and policies, but never rebel.
Banks expostulate before the government that if cant place the credits because CNB keeps their hands tied.
It seems odd that Tony Wilson is not around to expostulate and wax provocatively at all the eulogies and sadness of the past week.
If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have dressed his censures in a kinder form.
The basso profondo sobs and shouts, the tenors stutter, shriek and expostulate, the sopranos rush up and down their scales, uttering the very sounds of semi-comic disaster Kerbel's words describe.
Let us not assume such previous conjecturals, but rather consult and expostulate death, since death is the wages and the reward of sin.
Examples from Classical Literature
The first mate of the Goshawk had even been compelled39 to expostulate with his overexcited skipper.
When we come to ask mercy of God, and to pray for grace to love and serve him, we may plead and expostulate for the bestowment.
Then I had a letter from one of my Leeds readers the other day to expostulate about the inappropriateness of certain of them!
Babalatchi was angry and tried to expostulate, but he gave him a good shaking.
So the lady chose to think it her duty to expostulate with Hugh on the subject.
He is one will fight first, and then expostulate, condemn first, and then examine.
Murdstone came up to where she was, and seemed to expostulate with her for being so moved.
As soon as the ambassadors are gone, Polonius, saying he will not expostulate on the obvious, expostulates.
So given the fact that I won't be sent a union soapbox upon which to expostulate, I'll do so here and now.
He was over the edge before Myra could open her lips to expostulate.
Useless to argue with the tradesmen, to expostulate, to vituperate.
The man continued to address, to expostulate, to pray, to soothe.
The priest tries to expostulate with the half-drunken fellow.
Once, when Ukridge and I were alone, I ventured to expostulate.
James saw the look of pain in the man's face, and ventured to expostulate.
He could expostulate with her afterward, and withdraw his promise.
Sometimes, when the day was very unfavourable, his sisters would expostulate.
He has at present such a quantity that I have had myself to expostulate.
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