admonish

The home-plate umpire paused the game to admonish Santana for coming set before Caballero was looking at him, a transgression that could result in an automatic ball being added to the count.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

"We stayed to guard our soil," her daughter Najat al-Nour, a Quran professor in her fifties who lifted her chin high to admonish those who left.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

Gaines: What was needed was a glue, something to admonish and recognize both of those realities and how to bring them together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

But Mr Costello's testimony was contradicted by his own emails, and in an unusual and chaotic moment, a furious Justice Merchan cleared the courtroom so he could admonish Costello about his behaviour on the stand.

From BBC ● May 30, 2024

I’ve got to realize that when they continually admonish me to speak and write simply so that people who read these reports will be able to understand me, they are talking about themselves as well.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

Anger, John’s father admonishes him in the opening episode, is a luxury he’s not allowed.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

The only time she admonishes him about his language is to scold him for apologizing too much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

“NEVER attempt to remove a crab from its sea shell,” the sheet admonishes.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

The league sometimes admits mistakes and admonishes referees.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

The kindness gives way a moment when he snaps his fingers and curtly admonishes the guardias for not putting out chairs for his guests.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

A friend admonished him for the high-hat dismissal, and a chastened Mr. Lloyd fished out the script for a closer look.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Keaton reportedly confronted the teenage fans and admonished them during the game.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The judge reserved the question of what she called “guardrails for witnesses”—that is, whether Mr. Carroll’s alleged victims will be admonished or perhaps even penalized if they testify that he, rather than “she,” raped them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Connolly has been admonished three times by the California Commission on Judicial Performance, most recently in 2021, for two incidents.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

“No one gets to see the Book whenever he wants, including Edmon,” Erastis admonished him.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Robert Mueller, who ran the FBI from 2001 to 2013, was known to adhere to Hoover’s G-man dress code of white shirts and dark suits, admonishing agents who wore something more colorful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

And on Sunday, he was admonishing himself for it.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

My adolescent memories ring with the sounds of Stiller admonishing his son-in-law and crying mutiny at a shopping mall pretzel shop.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2025

Look closely, and “Smile now, cry later” is etched into the clear glass below a suspended bandanna, a gently admonishing song lyric by Sunny and the Sunliners, the 1960s Chicano R&B group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025

The man in the front row gave them another admonishing look.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini