Example Sentences

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To have admonished Haaland so publicly at half-time against - wait for it - Burnley, would have been greeted with a very different reaction from certain players in my day, but these are different times.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2023

Officers at State have admonished the Defense Department, “Hey don’t amplify our policies using fake personas, because we don’t want to be seen as creating false grass roots efforts,” the first defense official said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2022

Current Log Cabin members in Texas have admonished the party for the language in its platform.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2022

And some, like Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., have admonished those in his party who have suggested the Afghans pose a security risk.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2021

We have admonished Our loved ones to fear God, a fear which is the fountainhead of all goodly deeds and virtues.

From Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh