admonish

The home-plate umpire paused the game to admonish Santana for coming set before Caballero was looking at him, a transgression that could result in an automatic ball being added to the count.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

"We stayed to guard our soil," her daughter Najat al-Nour, a Quran professor in her fifties who lifted her chin high to admonish those who left.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

The fine may have been less than some traffic tickets, but it’s nearly unheard for a judge to formally admonish a government lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2026

Savage went on to empower our community to admonish naysayers of queer party-going, community enrichment, and quality time — however we choose to define those terms.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2025

I shouldn’t put her off, I admonish myself.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

“NEVER attempt to remove a crab from its sea shell,” the sheet admonishes.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

Rickey’s energy is harmless yet seems mysteriously pained by unmet expectations, as when he gently admonishes Glenn: “Loosen up, you haven’t said anything funny.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

The league sometimes admits mistakes and admonishes referees.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

Here she admonishes women of means who struggle to breastfeed.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 2, 2023

Their mother admonishes that the content of said tales may not be entirely appropriate for a pair of just barely thirteen-year-olds, but Mme.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

A younger man, I lost my cool for a moment and had to be admonished by a police officer to move along.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Professor Derek Manas, the medical director of NHS Blood and Transplant, admonished NHS England for creating a system with a burnt-out workforce, "few consequences for poor performance" and operations cancelled "last-minute".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

He also admonished Nexstar for not providing that information in any of the hearings or in its filings with the court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

They did hear testimony from an anti–death penalty lawyer who was admonished for testing DNA on a water bottle without the person’s permission.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

“Breaded veal cutlets are very nutritious,” Milo admonished him piously.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

In the video, neighbors can be heard angrily admonishing police officers for killing the dog while the woman, identified as Marie Marseille, held the animal, crying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Robert Mueller, who ran the FBI from 2001 to 2013, was known to adhere to Hoover’s G-man dress code of white shirts and dark suits, admonishing agents who wore something more colorful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

"BASIL!" - the unmistakable sound of Sybil Fawlty admonishing her pompous and incompetent husband, is probably how Prunella Scales will best be remembered.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2025

My adolescent memories ring with the sounds of Stiller admonishing his son-in-law and crying mutiny at a shopping mall pretzel shop.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2025

“Heart attack. His second,” Tariq’s mother said, giving her husband an admonishing look.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini