Example Sentences

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Dr. Brett said he had been cautioning patients against routine aspirin use since 2018.

From New York Times • May 21, 2022

Administration officials, who had been cautioning against expecting anything of consequence to flow from Hussein's visit, were pleasantly surprised and intrigued.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was also thinking that, as cooler observers around me had been cautioning, it would probably be saner, cheaper, and easier for Jesse to try for the University of Illinois in the fall.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

It was during, all this time that the people had been cautioning him for his personal benefit.

From Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope by Cumming, R. D. (Robert Dalziel)

Wise old heads had been cautioning them against any deed of blood so long as the grass was barely beginning to shoot.

From Under Fire by Cox, C. B.