cautionary
Example Sentences
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Another cautionary signal is that trading volume picked up toward the end of last week.
From Barron's
But then the creatives behind “Wonder Man” reached out to him with a “crazy idea”: They wanted him to portray an outlandish alternate version of himself in a cautionary tale about superpower-fueled Hollywood celebrity.
From Los Angeles Times
Yes, this is a cautionary tale because a tax return recording that $500,000 “gift” is a secondary document, a record of what he had allegedly done.
From MarketWatch
It’s a cautionary tale about the pitfalls that can accompany good intentions.
Spliced into these stories, and to some extent giving the novel its structure, is the cautionary tale of Ford’s failed rubber plantation in Brazil.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
