"The worst," he protested strenuously.

They protested strenuously that such a demonstration was not necessary, but in their very protestation I concluded that it was.

Britain protested strenuously, saying Portugal was going back on its word.

When environmental groups and public employee unions strenuously protested, the governor was unmoved, saying increased regulation was not the best way to get a cleaner environment.

The company strenuously protested the pension agency's decision.

Now that the initial shock of meeting up with their strange captors had abated, his abused muscles were beginning to protest even more strenuously than before.

The new arrangement simply charged the old rates without the surcharges, a system that the companies strenuously but unsuccessfully protested as economic folly.

Spokesmen in Chinatown protested strenuously; they did not give their permission for this kind of mass experimentation.

We must protest most strenuously about this.

He strenuously protested his innocence, claiming that the drugs were planted into his jacket pocket by a former business associate who wanted revenge.