admonisher
Example Sentences
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It was lucky we luffed as we did, for, in coming to the wind, the vessel gave a scrape that was a fearful admonisher of what would have happened in another minute.
From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by James Fenimore Cooper
Admiral Bluewater, my memory needed no admonisher to tell me that.
From The Two Admirals by James Fenimore Cooper
With which exclamations, followed by idle threats against his admonisher, this condign victim to justice hobbled away, as disdaining to hold further argument with such a rabble.
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
Carmen shook her head, and with that peculiar mixture of pride and child-like humility which marked her character, she bowed herself submissively before her faithful admonisher.
From Sister Carmen by M. Corvus
Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.
From Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh
