admonished
Example Sentences
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Keaton reportedly confronted the teenage fans and admonished them during the game.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Yitzhak Rabin admonished his country to “fight terrorism as if there’s no peace process, and work to achieve peace as if there’s no terror.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Or, as Patchett’s mother once admonished after the failure of her daughter’s first marriage: “Stop trying to make everything permanent. It doesn’t work.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
They did hear testimony from an anti–death penalty lawyer who was admonished for testing DNA on a water bottle without the person’s permission.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026
“Do your homework and don’t tell stories and you might become like your brother Dennis,” Mommy admonished.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
