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
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
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
He is admonishing his Church, as he everywhere does, to hold fast to the one true doctrine received from him in the beginning.
From Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent by Martin Luther
