How to Use admonish in a Sentence

admonish

verb
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  • They were admonished to take advantage of the opportunity.
  • Williams hugged her after the match, and admonished the crowd.
    — Time, 9 July 2019
  • Visitors to the set are admonished before the show goes live about how to act.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 July 2023
  • My parents admonished me and my siblings to stay away from the windows.
    — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Even though he was charged, the charges were dropped, but the Senate did admonish him.
    — Fox News, 10 June 2018
  • Near the end of her ruling, Galván admonished all sides in the case against trying the case in the media.
    — Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times, 26 May 2017
  • There is a pervasive sense that the candidates who need to be admonished for their lack of unity are those on the left.
    — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 16 Jan. 2020
  • His family waved to him as he was being led out of the courtroom before a bailiff admonished them.
    — Washington Post, 6 June 2019
  • Josh Carlton went strong to the basket, as he had been admonished to do over and over again, and scored.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • In body cam footage released to the media, one deputy can be heard admonishing the handcuffed girl.
    — USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • Others were eating off the trunks of their cars, with parents admonishing kids in the backseat to watch out for the upholstery.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2013
  • Her husband blamed her for the assault, admonishing her for not running away.
    — NBC News, 13 Dec. 2017
  • At one point in the trial, the judge admonished the attorney for badgering a witness.
    — J. C. Duffy, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
  • And do not admonish those of us who refuse to make anymore space for Black men, dead or alive, who prey on women.
    — refinery29.com, 27 June 2018
  • Employees don’t know if the manager will praise or admonish their work.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Chief Bill Scott ordered Tiffe to be admonished for the lapse and retrained.
    — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Signs in parking garages admonish drivers that they could be exposed to carbon monoxide gas.
    — The Economist, 17 May 2018
  • Others on the panel weren’t so adamant about admonishing those who’ve been attacked.
    — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Short of that, a judge could admonish the jury to avoid any news coverage of the case or to simply avoid any news, period.
    — William Morris, USA TODAY, 17 May 2021
  • Those holy words come from a wrathful place, admonishing the sinners to revel in their own rebuke.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Carrie admonishes Seema for pretending not to see her in the salon.
    — Amy Key, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2023
  • On bubbly or chatty days, the paralegal was admonished for not doing enough work.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • When these things happen, reporters are often admonished for not backing up their own work.
    — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 6 Apr. 2018
  • On Thursday, Jack seemed to admonish lawyers for the plaintiff children for failing to ask her to hold the state in contempt.
    — Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2023
  • His leadership never came to the floor to admonish him, only attack the process Democrats were using.
    — Lauren Fox, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Much of our currency admonishes E pluribus unum — out of many, one.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
  • My sister admonished me for being so shallow and shamed me into hurrying home and getting ready for my date.
    — Rosa Cesaretti, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Jesus did not admonish his followers to judge their neighbor, to shame their neighbor or to keep watch that their neighbors follow the law.
    — Lauren Jones Mayfield, Time, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Green opened the hearing by admonishing Democrats for not attending.
    — Quinn Owen, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Hitchcock reportedly admonished him for not wearing a tie to work.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023

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