admonish

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB

At Nguyen’s two-year-old ramen restaurant, graffiti scrawled on a patio table admonished him to “Go back 2 China.”ASIAN AMERICAN BUSINESSES ARE DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST RISE IN ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCETRACY JANMARCH 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Grade school math students are likely familiar with teachers admonishing them not to just guess the answer to a problem.NEW ALGORITHM BREAKS SPEED LIMIT FOR SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONSKEVIN HARTNETTMARCH 8, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINE

Iowa previously had admonished Doyle over a 100-squat workout in January 2011 that led to 13 players becoming hospitalized for rhabdomyolysis, a breakdown of muscle tissue that can lead to serious complications, such as kidney failure.JAGUARS’ URBAN MEYER HIRES STRENGTH COACH ACCUSED OF MISTREATING PLAYERS WHILE AT IOWAMATT BONESTEELFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST

You must admonish him, John; a man of his principles, his pretended principles, is not suited for married life.THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS

The factory had indeed become a charnel-house, it being useless for the chiefs to admonish their men to keep under cover.RULE OF THE MONKGIUSEPPE GARIBALDI

The virgins admonish to walk in a spotless and pure conscience.THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS, VOLUME 03VARIOUS

A true friend will admonish his erring brother, and if the erring brother has any sense at all he will thank his friend.COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANSMARTIN LUTHER

The woman kept one hand free to admonish him—by his beady eye he required it—and to tend a simmering pot.WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELL

If human action is determined by God, why does he punish, why does he admonish, and why does he send prophets?A HISTORY OF MEDIAEVAL JEWISH PHILOSOPHYISAAC HUSIK

Our host served us himself, running with sleeves turned back to admonish an imaginary cook.LAZARREMARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

JUNE 12, 2021

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