Verb (used with object) : The teacher admonished him about excessive noise. ,to admonish them about their obligations.    From Dictionary.com. 

On leadership From time to time, someone writes in admonishing our team.    From Wordnik.com.  [ProWomanProLife » She’s a busy girl] Reference

From time to time, someone writes in admonishing our team to “stick to abortion.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [ProWomanProLife » On leadership] Reference

He wanted to say something but somehow the idea of admonishing an otter about a ribald remark upset him.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference

"No wonder every good subject should execrate this novel and disagreeable mode of"'admonishing' the Heir.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2] Reference

I don’t recall her admonishing John Kerry during his campaign when he insinuated that only losers join the military.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton Portrays Herself as a Pro-Gun Churchgoer - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

And presently she came, an admonishing finger upheld.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure] Reference

"Hush!" she hissed, holding up an admonishing finger.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference

The admonishing domino, hitherto peaceful, now took umbrage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference

All the while Mrs. O'Shaughnessy was admonishing her to name her first.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters on an Elk Hunt] Reference

He has a 22-person security detail and is constantly admonishing the men.    From Wordnik.com.  [South African Church Housing Refugees Faces Crisis] Reference

Ugolini lifted a finger like a master admonishing a poorly prepared student.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saracen: Land of the Infidel] Reference

No attempt to charge was made this time, the experience of the 25th admonishing us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

And so, admonishing myself to keep cool, and remembering a turn of the wrist that an old.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference

Its solemn, round eyes stared at him, reproving and admonishing him for his foolhardiness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old] Reference

And at the end we find him again admonishing the scribes to use the pen with faithfulness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference

They hear admonishing voices in their heads when they do manage to choke down a few morsels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting Anorexia: No One To Blame] Reference

Those sudden pangs of the body seemed like over-forward confessors abruptly admonishing him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under the Rose] Reference

Mr. Melnyk says he receives hate mail, admonishing him for promoting such a dangerous activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swimming With the Fishes: Anglers Tangle Over 'Skishing'] Reference

When his voice broke through, it was sharp and stern, as the voice of a judge admonishing a court.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Black Cross] Reference

The vice president adopted the tone of a high-school principal admonishing a wayward student, and it paid off.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trail Mix: Body Blows] Reference

But as the carriage started, she pointed her parasol at Drew as a teacher might point an admonishing ruler at a pupil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference

My eyes filled with tears, and as I stood, hesitating, Mr. Blodget came forward, admonishing me not to forget my parcels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference

Regulators are admonishing banks to increase their capital -- which, of course, means they shrink their loans outstanding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Bombs Economy Again] Reference

Angry New Yorkers showed up outside Rangel's party admonishing attendees for supporting Rangel, who faces 13 ethics charges.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Dinkins Gives Middle Finger To Protester (VIDEO)] Reference

In a wind such as this, they would warn the visitor back toward land, an admonishing finger pointing away from certain risk.    From Wordnik.com.  [equilibrium] Reference

John Doerr regularly tells the story of his young daughter angrily admonishing him and his generation for fouling the planet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Color Of Money] Reference

The papers were regular, which I returned, admonishing him at the same time to be more considerate in his conduct to his men.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sailor of King George] Reference

The trees begin to look barren, the bronzed hue of the surrounding hills admonishing us that October, chill and drear, is upon us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference

Certainly the most appropriate of the six subjects is that on the west wall which illustrates the Baptist admonishing the soldiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch] Reference