object lesson
Example Sentences
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Industry insiders have told the BBC that Fishwick is now regarded as an object lesson in how not to run an installation project.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
As the kids grew older, she said, the business became a source of pride, and an object lesson in loyalty, endurance.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
Though he may be referring to setbacks in his gubernatorial career, such a position does not transfer easily across to Schwarzenegger’s personal conduct down the years, which has scarcely been an object lesson in integrity.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023
The fatal shooting of Nahel Merzouk in France on June 27 offers an object lesson.
From Slate • Jul. 20, 2023
The incredible effort of moving the boy to Boston, then watching him die, later struck me as an object lesson in the difficulty of Farmer’s mission, perhaps in its ultimate futility.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
