remonstrative

• With much ado and remonstrative shaking of the head, I lugged a small microphone the size of a Twinkie to the truck and was about to call it a night, until I looked up. —  11Alive.com | Atlanta Video News
• I scolded him for this and proceeded to teach him the fine art of remonstrative head-shaking while carrying a small microphone the size of a Twinkie. —  11Alive.com | Atlanta Video News
• That's why when Vimal turns remonstrative with the Kenyan government, asking it to feel the pulse of the local manufacturing sector, mandarins ought to perspire and outdo each other in addressing what lies in their official in-tray. —  Global Issues News Headlines
• As he presented his request a silent shiver of consternation ran through the dark company; and when, in what the prince meant as a remonstrative tone, he repeated the petition--splitting the table with his fist by way of punctuation--there ensued a hustling up staircases and a cramming into dim corners that left him alone at the banquet Leaving the table, he strode upstairs and into the chirruping and dancing of the grand salon. —  The Grandissimes
• His father, remonstrative, but covertly proud of the excess, had paid his bills and brought him home. —  Dubliners

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