Verb (used with object) : The teacher admonished him about excessive noise. ,to admonish them about their obligations. From Dictionary.com.
To show that he was an evenhanded admonisher, Pyrrpallinda also turned his ire on the second counselor. From Wordnik.com. [Running From The Deity]
Could he, for an instant, have supposed that, in my admonisher at Eton -- in the destroyer of my honor at. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from Poe] Reference
Blessed Heaven! deny not to my prayers, my friend, my admonisher, my adviser, at a time so critical to myself. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
The truth of this remark was quite manifest; and concluding that I was not exactly suited to the character of admonisher, I never renewed the attempt. From Wordnik.com. [A Grandmother's Recollections] Reference
'Tis a reminder -- and therefore may have its use in the world -- of our mortality, an admonisher of our pride, a represser of our love of greed and gain. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864] Reference
This is not to deny a certain truth, too, to something Jonathan Rosenbaum quoted Richard Combs writing in Film Comment recently, calling Haneke a "pious admonisher" and the European Stanley Kramer. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Wood on Michael Haneke] Reference
In his will, Knox addressed the "Papists and the unthankful world," telling them that "because they will not admit me for an admonisher, I give them over to the judgement of Him who knows the hearts of all.". From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
"Hurt him not," said his Highness to this effectual admonisher unto secrecy. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
"It is not I who say so, but your father who sent me," explained the admonisher from above. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Hope] Reference
'Then be so good as to take the turning to the right when you reach the field,' said our admonisher coldly. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories] Reference
He is not a lonely admonisher, but rather possesses detailed knowledge of the circumstances in which decisions are made. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer to the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. From Wordnik.com. [Epistle to the Son of the Wolf] Reference
Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. From Wordnik.com. [Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh] Reference
"Answer this reverend and spiritual admonisher, to the true purport and bearing of his question," said Sir Roger, with a mighty affectation of sagacity. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
I took an opportunity to give him a taste of the end of the main-clew-garnet, as an admonisher; and there the matter ended, so long as I remained in the ship. From Wordnik.com. [Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast] Reference
It was lucky we luffed as we did, for, in coming to the wind, the vessel gave a scrape that was a fearful admonisher of what would have happened in another minute. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale] Reference
With which exclamations, followed by idle threats against his admonisher, this condign victim to justice hobbled away, as disdaining to hold further argument with such a rabble. From Wordnik.com. [The Confidence-Man] Reference
He who at Mecca is the admonisher and persuader, at Medina is the legislator and the warrior, who dictates obedience, and uses other weapons than the pen of the Poet and the Scribe. From Wordnik.com. [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference
The face that with this movement she left him to present to Maisie was to abide with his stepdaughter as the very image of stupefaction; but the pair lacked time to communicate either amusement or alarm before their admonisher was upon them again. From Wordnik.com. [What Maisie Knew] Reference
Here she always made herself quite at home, – running in and out at all times, finding in the Bishop's wife a loving friend and admonisher, though the latter must often have been sorely tried by our little lady's caprices and unpractical experiments. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves from Juliana Horatia Ewing's "Canada Home"] Reference
It is at best a very bold venture, and greatness is not so tractable a thing, as to lay itself quietly open to the reprehender and the faithful admonisher, who speak for the man's advantage more than for his pleasure, and bring him physic instead of sweetmeats. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. V.] Reference
The aged couple evidently regarded and spoke of this daughter as their teacher and admonisher in divine things, while at the same time they received from her every token of filial submission and obedience, testified by continual endeavours to serve and assist them to the utmost of her power in the daily concerns of the household. From Wordnik.com. [The Annals of the Poor] Reference
"Ah! Admiral Bluewater, my memory needed no admonisher to tell me. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Admirals] Reference
Witless admonisher, thou shalt pay for this!. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Plays in English Verse] Reference
Indeed, I'm obliged to be school-master, and geographer, and admonisher, to Sheikhs, marabouts, merchants, to all and every body. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference
Could he, for an instant, have supposed that, in my admonisher at Eton, in the destroyer of my honor at Oxford, in him who thwarted my ambition at Rome, my revenge in Paris, my passionate love at Naples, or what he falsely termed my avarice in Egypt, that in this, my arch-enemy and evil genius, I could fail to recognise the William Wilson of my schoolboy days, the namesake, the companion, the rival, the hatred and dreaded rival at Dr. Bransby's?. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. In Two Volumes. Vol. I] Reference
Could he, for an instant, have supposed that, in my admonisher at Eton -- in the destroyer of my honor at Oxford, -- in him who thwarted my ambition at Rome, my revenge at Paris, my passionate love at Naples, or what he falsely termed my avarice in Egypt, -- that in this, my arch-enemy and evil genius, could fall to recognise the William Wilson of my school boy days, -- the namesake, the companion, the rival, -- the hated and dreaded rival at Dr. Bransby's?. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2] Reference
Could he, for an instant, have supposed that, in my admonisher at Eton -- in the destroyer of my honour at Oxford, -- in him who thwarted my ambition at Rome, my revenge at Paris, my passionate love at Naples, or what he falsely termed my avarice in Egypt, -- that in this, my arch-enemy and evil genius, I could fail to recognize the William Wilson of my school-boy days, -- the namesake, the companion, the rival, -- the hated and dreaded rival at Dr Bransby's?. From Wordnik.com. [William Wilson] Reference
A downwardtending lutulent reality or on the contrary anyone so is there unilluminated as not to perceive that as no nature’s boon can contend against the bounty of increase so it behoves every most just citizen to become the exhortator and admonisher of his semblables and to tremble lest what had in the past been by the nation excellently commenced might be in the future not with similar excellence accomplished if an inverecund habit shall have gradually traduced the honourable by ancestors transmitted customs to that thither of profundity that that one was audacious excessively who would have the hardihood to rise affirming that no more odious offence can for anyone be than to oblivious neglect to consign that evangel simultaneously command and promise which on all mortals with prophecy of abundance or with diminution’s menace that exalted of reiteratedly procreating function ever irrevocably enjoined?. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
For who is there who anything of some significance has apprehended but is conscious that that exterior splendour may be the surface of a downwardtending lutulent reality or on the contrary anyone so is there unilluminated as not to perceive that as no nature's boon can contend against the bounty of increase so it behoves every most just citizen to become the exhortator and admonisher of his semblables and to tremble lest what had in the past been by the nation excellently commenced might be in the future not with similar excellence accomplished if an inverecund habit shall have gradually traduced the honourable by ancestors transmitted customs to that thither of profundity that that one was audacious excessively who would have the hardihood to rise affirming that no more odious offence can for anyone be than to oblivious neglect to consign that evangel simultaneously command and promise which on all mortals with prophecy of abundance or with diminution's menace that exalted of reiterat. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
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