admonishes

present tense third-person singular of admonish

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of admonishes As Tetyana weeps, the soldier gently admonishes her fuss. Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025 When Souleymane rehearses his account, in an early scene, Barry admonishes him for blandly reciting (and often bungling) the false facts he’s been given. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admonishes
Verb
  • To combat isolation amid shorter days, keep in touch with loved ones, NextStep4MentalHealth advises.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Look at the intent, Malik advises.
    Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • During one of the harrowing trips, 11-year-old Spike (Alfie Williams) learns from his father, Jamie (Taylor-Johnson), of the location of a strange doctor named Kelson (Fiennes), but warns his son to stay away from the madman.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • While a seven-figure career without a degree sounds like a dream for Gen Z, Eklund also warns that success doesn’t always come swiftly.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If your boss criticizes your work, do not argue or retreat.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • What the president is trying to do here is very systemic and systematic, and that is, anyone who stands up to the president, anyone who criticizes the president, anyone who says anything adverse to the president's interests gets the full weight of the federal government brought down on them.
    NBC news, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Mariachi Los Claveles is comprised of musicians from Woodland Unified School District schools through the Woodland nonprofit of the same name that teaches mariachi to local youth.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Experience teaches us to pause, consider context and choose a deliberate response.
    Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Another, Irina Dolinina, chides her mom for worrying about her at protests.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Delta blames a global IT outage last summer for its performance problems.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The man who unleashed a mob on the Capitol, and said Liz Cheney should face nine barrels shooting at her for supporting his opponent, blames the radical left for their rhetoric.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Admonishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/admonishes. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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