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Admonitions like his and Winthrop’s made sense to conservatives such as Whittaker Chambers in the 1950s.

From Salon • May 13, 2025

Admonitions such as “don’t exercise” and regimes of bed rest to avoid premature labor have shown no benefit and carry risks of their own, she says.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 27, 2023

One of the most famous is the reproduction of a scroll called "Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies", a masterpiece considered a milestone in Chinese art history.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2023

Admonitions to “count your blessings” can actually intensify feelings of shame, anger or resentment, Coambs says.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

Admonitions were directed to the Parliament in peremptory sort against our whole form of regiment.

From Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume 2 by Walton, Izaak