Examples of monitory in a Sentence
Adjective
historically natural disasters have often been interpreted by some as punitive or monitory measures against sin-ridden humanity
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Cameron L. Tracy, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2021
Adam Kirsch, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2016
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Adjective
But the monitory difference is 11 days of seconds times $1, versus 33 years of seconds times $1.
1 Trillion seconds have not gone by in all the time man has existed on earth.
—Cameron L. Tracy, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2021
Noun
What is truly frightening, and monitory, in Ullrich’s book is not that a Hitler could exist, but that so many people seemed to be secretly waiting for him.
—Adam Kirsch, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2016
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“Monitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monitory. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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