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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
expostulate .
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Examples
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Anything made outside the isle of Guernsey is, well, quite obviously not the genuine article; "some," expostulates Eldridge, "are not even made entirely of wool."
Coolhunter: The Guernsey Tina Gaudoin 2010
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He's well played by Jude Law in Guy Ritchie's second Holmes movie as a sensible, intelligent, reliable chap, even if he too readily explodes or expostulates when confronted by his flatmate's outrageous behaviour.
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The arguments about it will rage on and on (Simon Heffer expostulates loudly here) but I should like to pose some questions?
Archive 2008-01-13 2008
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The arguments about it will rage on and on (Simon Heffer expostulates loudly here) but I should like to pose some questions?
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"No, I don't need it!" expostulates suburban Washington mother Amy Freeman, wrathfully recounting what she wanted to say when two winsome children rang her doorbell a few months ago and held up the dreaded catalog.
Little Lomans 2008
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As Ephraim Escluai, a former worker in the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, expostulates here: One cannot escape the conclusion that the IAEA has continuously failed in its missions, notably in Iraq, Iran, and Syria.
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As Ephraim Escluai, a former worker in the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, expostulates here: One cannot escape the conclusion that the IAEA has continuously failed in its missions, notably in Iraq, Iran, and Syria.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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As Ephraim Escluai, a former worker in the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission, expostulates here: One cannot escape the conclusion that the IAEA has continuously failed in its missions, notably in Iraq, Iran, and Syria.
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Thou covetous wretch, as [6332] Austin expostulates, why dost thou stand gaping on this dross, muck-hills, filthy excrements? behold a far fairer object, God himself woos thee; behold him, enjoy him, he is sick for love.
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A te principium, in te recredit crimen quod a te fuit; peccasti, quiesce, as Ambrose expostulates with Cain, lib.
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