cautionary
Example Sentences
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“The period from 2000 to 2010 is the cautionary tale here,” Colas says of the period when the S&P 500’s annualized returns were negative and it ended the decade below where it began.
From Barron's
Abdel-Fattah, a novelist, lawyer and academic, had been invited to the festival to discuss her latest novel Discipline – which she describes as "a cautionary tale about the cost of silence and cowardice".
From BBC
It is also a cautionary tale about writers’ aspirations—albeit one that is both gripping and relentlessly entertaining.
Like this man who wrote to the Moneyist, you were put on notice by a cautionary tale involving someone you knew.
From MarketWatch
As a cautionary tale, it’s way more effective than coal in the stocking.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
