Lin acknowledged that this may due to verbal protest from Beijing.

The threat to their instrument board brought verbal protest, but no flicker of emotional reaction.

From behind me, the stud made verbal protest.

Russia made verbal protests yet sent aid to American troops.

The king glowered at the use of the word "technically," but issued no verbal protest.

While there was no violence, tensions were high and there were verbal protests.

So Logar's braves looked glum, though they made no verbal protest.

I made some stock verbal protests until one of them shoved my own handkerchief into my mouth.

The pep talk didn't seem to reassure them much, but there were no more verbal protests from his audience.

He was not too reserved, however, to lodge a strong verbal protest.