under protest

For the first time in five years, no games were played under protest.

He had been sent to bed a couple of hours ago, but only under protest.

"Then I remain here under protest, and will have nothing to say!"

The Reds played the rest of the game under protest.

The survey failed to note whether they did so under protest.

We go, she under protest, with heavy new snow beginning to fall.

Both managers also announced they were playing the game under protest.

The employee could work under protest while he or she finds a new job.

These have been absorbed, often under protest, by the educational systems.

She became very quiet, and never laughed except under protest.

I am saying that he may accept them only under protest and with private reservations.

He said that if the party did decide to field candidates, it would do so under protest.

On the memo line of the check she wrote "paid under protest."

Several other men said, "I'm taking this under protest," too.

So we turned tail and ran, under protest from Elephant.

Though she'd done it under protest, she had taken on the responsibility of running this op.

Flynn had accepted both offers, but the one under protest.

This has caused the relocation of families, sometimes under protest.

The Marlins played under protest because they said the lighting was not the same.

They washed in a little stream, even behind their ears, under protest.

The crowd was full of argument, and some bets were paid under protest.

"I want you to know that I am doing this under protest."

I did, adding to my signature the words "under protest."

The previous agrarian population was moved out under protest in the name of progress.

Some older tenants were weeded out and left under protest.