admonish
verb (used with object)
to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
is admonishing
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present progressiveof admonish (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Manhattan, Moore’s obvious critique of the Nietzschean übermensch, is admonishing Ozymandias’ Hegelian ambitions of a permanent peace.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2020
Sir: In your June 15 People section, Harry S Truman is admonishing newsmen not to put a period after the S in his name because it is a middle name, not an initial.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is admonishing, I should suppose, in the unaccountable manner in which Popes admonish!
From A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation by Hosea Ballou
Strerne is admonishing a young friend as to his manners in society: "You are in love," he says.
From Robert Elsmere by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Sterne is admonishing a young friend as to his manners in society: "You are in love," he says.
From Robert Elsmere by Mrs. Humphry Ward
