1. She paid the fine under protest.

2. The bill was eventually paid under protest.

3. The strikers returned to work, but under protest.

4. I only went to the meeting under protest.

5. She wrote a letter of apology but only under protest.

6. The payment was made under protest.

7. They finally paid the full bill under protest.sentence dictionary

8. It says it can accept these only under protest, a response apparently regarded as ungracious.

9. This was disputed but the payments were made under protest for a number of years, and finally refused.

10. They agreed to return to work but under protest at the wage freeze and benefits cuts.

11. I went to the doctor under protest.

12. They had to play under protest.

13. He is walking under protest.

14. General Wavell only obeyed under protest.

15. They agreed to the proposal only under protest.

16. They agree to the proposal under protest.

17. They finished the game under protest to the league president.

18. That must be extremely dubious, considering that for a number of years the payments were made under protest.

19. She was recently hauled off a train by the police on some bureaucratic pretext and escorted under protest to the station.

20. In paying the fees the plaintiffs were aware of the pending appeal and paid under protest.

21. On other later occasions there was either a threat of seizure or an actual seizure of goods followed by payment under protest.

22. The children will go to bed on Christmas Eve under protest.

23. If I have to do it, I shall do it under protest.