How do you use Admonish in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like warn or criticise, plus the exact meaning.
Admonish in a sentence
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Admonish meaning
- To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
- To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
- To instruct or direct.
Synonyms of Admonish
Admonish vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Admonish
- The main meaning on this page is: To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off. | To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense. | To instruct or direct.
- Useful related words include: warn, monish, criticise, criticize.
- Possible Dutch translations are: vermanen.
- In the example corpus, admonish often appears in combinations such as: to admonish, admonish the, and admonish.
Context around Admonish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Admonish
- In this selection, "admonish" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, publicly, tease, times, students, investors and reminisce stand out and add context to how "admonish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include appeared to admonish domestic critics and belittle and admonish my and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "admonish" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with admonish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
You’ll probably hear me a couple of times admonish my dog. (12 words)
Some pastors and members of the Christian community have been hesitant to publicly admonish him. (15 words)
Yet count him not as an enemy but admonish him as a brother" (2 Thess. (15 words)
Ray Fisher tweeted: “During the LA reshoots for Justice League, Geoff Johns summoned me to his office to belittle and admonish my (and my agent’s) attempts to take grievances up the proper chain of command. (36 words)
If superficially unalike, the two older men appear to share an incredulous resentment that a young woman might, out of self-preservation, disregard them, no matter many times they misrepresent or admonish her. (33 words)
Despite positive economic data analysts are now concerned that this drop could be a real issue and admonish investors that is not a chance to buy the market at a cheaper price. (32 words)
I admonish the Minister of Health to stop blaming the PLP; get on with governance, and the people’s business! (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
She said, I admonish students to remain diligent in both academics and otherwise while shunning hooliganism and cultism.
Some pastors and members of the Christian community have been hesitant to publicly admonish him.
Yet count him not as an enemy but admonish him as a brother" (2 Thess.
Parents packed a Stoneham School Committee meeting to admonish the school leaders for their lack of transparency.
Despite positive economic data analysts are now concerned that this drop could be a real issue and admonish investors that is not a chance to buy the market at a cheaper price.
In fact, it makes more sense to me to think of America as a child, one that I am compelled to admonish.
Ray Fisher tweeted: “During the LA reshoots for Justice League, Geoff Johns summoned me to his office to belittle and admonish my (and my agent’s) attempts to take grievances up the proper chain of command.
We argue, we quote, we tease, admonish, reminisce, and protest (too much); on a good night, we might even get swept away by what we see.
You’ll probably hear me a couple of times admonish my dog.
As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and forsake them in beds apart, and beat them.
He said Iran would "resist" its enemies when it "benefits us" but also appeared to admonish domestic critics of diplomacy, saying both approaches were necessary.
He was also quick to admonish the team to be wary of the potential dangers poised by Team USA.
If superficially unalike, the two older men appear to share an incredulous resentment that a young woman might, out of self-preservation, disregard them, no matter many times they misrepresent or admonish her.
I was going to admonish you for making that statement without knowing how old Fitpez is.
On many occasions, these hreatst have amounted to banishment from a given area, as the police admonish homeless persons to stay away from that area and not come back.
Other Republican senators willing to admonish Trump pivoted into attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff or the impeachment process itself.
And I want to admonish us here to also pick a child and groom them to glory,” Akinwunmi who doubles as the Chairman Lagos State Football Federation pleaded.
He rose to admonish me and said that he ‘did not expect Mr Chidambaram to make a statement exonerating the bribe takers’, or words to that effect.
I admonish the Minister of Health to stop blaming the PLP; get on with governance, and the people’s business!
Ogundipe cautioned: “I want to admonish you all to stay focused; take your academics seriously in order to graduate peacefully as and when due.
Common combinations with admonish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to admonish 11×
- admonish the 3×
- and admonish 3×
- admonish him 2×
- admonish my 2×
- admonish them 2×
- admonish you 2×