How to Use admonish in a Sentence

admonish

verb

• They were admonished to take advantage of the opportunity.
• Williams hugged her after the match, and admonished the crowd.
  — Time, 9 July 2019
• Visitors to the set are admonished before the show goes live about how to act.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 17 July 2023
• Even though he was charged, the charges were dropped, but the Senate did admonish him.
  — Fox News, 10 June 2018
• My parents admonished me and my siblings to stay away from the windows.
  — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
• Near the end of her ruling, Galván admonished all sides in the case against trying the case in the media.
  — Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times, 26 May 2017
• There is a pervasive sense that the candidates who need to be admonished for their lack of unity are those on the left.
  — Libby Watson, The New Republic, 16 Jan. 2020
• Josh Carlton went strong to the basket, as he had been admonished to do over and over again, and scored.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• His family waved to him as he was being led out of the courtroom before a bailiff admonished them.
  — Washington Post, 6 June 2019
• In body cam footage released to the media, one deputy can be heard admonishing the handcuffed girl.
  — USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
• Others were eating off the trunks of their cars, with parents admonishing kids in the backseat to watch out for the upholstery.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Jan. 2013
• Her husband blamed her for the assault, admonishing her for not running away.
  — NBC News, 13 Dec. 2017
• And do not admonish those of us who refuse to make anymore space for Black men, dead or alive, who prey on women.
  — refinery29.com, 27 June 2018
• At one point in the trial, the judge admonished the attorney for badgering a witness.
  — J. C. Duffy, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
• Others on the panel weren’t so adamant about admonishing those who’ve been attacked.
  — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 23 Apr. 2018
• Chief Bill Scott ordered Tiffe to be admonished for the lapse and retrained.
  — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 9 Sep. 2019
• Employees don’t know if the manager will praise or admonish their work.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• Short of that, a judge could admonish the jury to avoid any news coverage of the case or to simply avoid any news, period.
  — William Morris, USA TODAY, 17 May 2021
• Signs in parking garages admonish drivers that they could be exposed to carbon monoxide gas.
  — The Economist, 17 May 2018
• Those holy words come from a wrathful place, admonishing the sinners to revel in their own rebuke.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 21 Sep. 2017
• On bubbly or chatty days, the paralegal was admonished for not doing enough work.
  — Samantha Masunaga, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
• Much of our currency admonishes E pluribus unum — out of many, one.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
• Carrie admonishes Seema for pretending not to see her in the salon.
  — Amy Key, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2023
• When these things happen, reporters are often admonished for not backing up their own work.
  — Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 6 Apr. 2018
• On Thursday, Jack seemed to admonish lawyers for the plaintiff children for failing to ask her to hold the state in contempt.
  — Dallas News, 27 Jan. 2023
• His leadership never came to the floor to admonish him, only attack the process Democrats were using.
  — Lauren Fox, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021
• Jesus did not admonish his followers to judge their neighbor, to shame their neighbor or to keep watch that their neighbors follow the law.
  — Lauren Jones Mayfield, Time, 20 Sep. 2021
• My sister admonished me for being so shallow and shamed me into hurrying home and getting ready for my date.
  — Rosa Cesaretti, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• There are no recollections of the first time he’d been admonished by his mother for his attitude on the basketball court.
  — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2018
• On the other side of this spectrum, Yasir’s family and friends admonish him for being a man without a clear path.
  — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2018

Last Updated: 1 May 2024