admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly. From LearnThat.org. [Publilius Syrus (ca. first century B.C.)]
Those terms suggest a harsher tone, while "admonish" suggests a decidedly more genteel response. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The word, "admonish," generated enough curiosity to crown it Meriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2009. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"admonish" (huh?) and the Oxford English Dictionary went with "unfriend" (hrmph) -- but the. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
And thou didst admonish them to return to thy law. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 16: 2 Esdras The Challoner Revision] Reference
But them that shal yet be born, who shal admonish?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
Admoni - to admonish; konduti - to behave (oneself). From Wordnik.com. [The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians] Reference
"We would admonish people to, at least, give us a fair shake.". From Wordnik.com. [Ground Zero Mosque APPEAL: Conservative Group To Fight Vote Clearing Way For Islamic Community Center] Reference
Yet do not esteem him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
He did not admonish Haynesworth for failing the conditioning test. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Haynesworth fails conditioning test, sits out team workout as Washington Redskins hold first practice] Reference
We would admonish sober drivers to be extra vigilant on the roads. From Wordnik.com. [More female drivers arrested for DUI] Reference
I feel silly and inwardly admonish myself for my cultural clumsiness. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrating Difference] Reference
Wood, Lohrenz recalls, would admonish Carel: "" You better not f-- k up. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Falling Out Of The Sky] Reference
I would address you frankly and admonish you to go no more into such places. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
I write not these things to confound you: but I admonish you as my dearest children. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 53: 1 Corinthians The Challoner Revision] Reference
She had heard Beth's voice in the drawing-room, and proceeded to admonish her severely. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Let thy reasonable faculty, work upon his reasonable faculty; show him his fault, admonish him. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Your years, which are not such as to preclude improvement, permit us to admonish you paternally. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
But we admonish him that passion and prejudice can only give a temporary éclat to his argument. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
In World War 11 they used to admonish factory workers, servicemen and others, "Loose lips sink ships.". From Wordnik.com. [Loose Lips Sink Ships] Reference
"We have to save for retirement," I'd admonish when he'd order the most expensive item on a restaurant menu. From Wordnik.com. [Focusing On The Moment] Reference
And he answered me, and said, Hearken unto me, and I will instruct thee; and I will admonish thee yet again. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 59: 1 Thessalonians The Challoner Revision] Reference
It was his custom to admonish his son for any action, regardless of his true feelings or of the action's merit. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of Healers and Monsters] Reference
"And now --" he started to admonish, when she threw her arms about his neck, stiffling the words in her garments. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Susan, that he should shew it to the queen, and admonish her to go in to the king, and to entreat him for her people. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
Would summnon all, those scholars and orators: one by one you would beckon them forward with your rod and admonish them. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Therefore watch, keeping in memory that for three years I ceased not with tears to admonish every one of you, night and day. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
Some of them spoke seriously about it, and asked the Dominican Cardinal Guidi to admonish him to behave with greater gravity. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference
Other considerations of the highest importance admonish us to cherish our Union and to cling to the Government which supports it. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
Unlike past guidelines, the new ones specifically admonish consumers to limit fat-laden processed meats, such as sausage and salami. From Wordnik.com. [Vats, Fats And Rats] Reference
Once for all, let me admonish you: If you would succeed never enter outside operations, especially if they be of a speculative nature. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
No teacher had been forced to admonish Nancy, and Corinne Pevay had a cheerful word for her and a smile whenever Nancy crossed her path. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
In 1209 their army advanced against Béziers, and from out their Councils the leaders sent the Bishop of the city to admonish his flock. From Wordnik.com. [Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1] Reference
Brother Frank smiled broadly above the bent head over the ludicrous incident, but he controlled himself sufficiently to admonish soberly. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
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