admonition

"You have no previous convictions and I have taken the view that admonition is appropriate."

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

When the packages arrived, I pried open a pack and popped the top mint into my mouth, despite my wife’s admonition, “Are you insane?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The vice president adhered to Biden’s admonition that there be “no daylight” between the two of them as she campaigned for president after he withdrew from the race.

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

The admonition was met with silence in the courtroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

According to the Daily News's astrologer, you must “demand more of yourself,” an admonition that is also vague but also different.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Given the IRS’s guidance and admonitions, tax professionals said, most taxpayers didn’t roll the dice on that literal reading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Criminologists tend to speak in caveats, with warning of reversion to the mean and admonitions to wait for better data, but even they must admit: These are some eye-catching numbers.

From Slate ● May 7, 2025

Despite decades of admonitions from nutritionists and environmentalists to “eat locally, think globally,” our collective diets are more international than ever.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 26, 2024

"And this is what was worked out. Notice Kaplan's strict admonitions in advance—he handled Trump well, as no other J has."

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2024

Usually, Dede was full of admonitions about Jaimito’s reckless driving, but now she found herself pressing her own foot on an invisible gas pedal.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez