He that gives good admonition and bad example builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. From LearnThat.org. [Francis Bacon (1561-1626)]
Coupla points: admonition is not the same as judgement. From Wordnik.com. [Butt out « BuzzMachine] Reference
What a sober admonition from the remarkable gentleman from Russia. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » America Bought Me for 20 Tons of Wheat] Reference
"Shun" in the first admonition is harsh and has a christianist overlay, so I would substitute "avoid". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
The inferential admonition is followed (Pr 7: 26, 27), by a more general allegation of the evils of this vice. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
That admonition is one of the finalists in an anti-lawsuit group's contest for the wackiest warning label of the year. From Wordnik.com. [January 2005] Reference
This morning’s admonition is less metaphorical: Don’t assert when you can evoke. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
The only thing that makes sense in her admonition are the words, "I don't understand a world view.". From Wordnik.com. [One Question for Sarah Palin] Reference
I was going to tell her about the letter from Mike, but then recalled the admonition from Agent Rogers. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
At the moment Chaos might have destroyed him (D), he gratefully recalled my admonition to trigger the device once more. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of A Vanished Moon]
When that direction came in the form of a seven-word admonition, it was not at all what I had expected, or hoped, to hear. From Wordnik.com. [Crosswalk.com - Home] Reference
Daniel, however, describes it as an "admonition" (96). From Wordnik.com. [While I Was Gone by Sue Miller: Questions] Reference
It was the kind of admonition she'd heard a thousand times. From Wordnik.com. [Hadrian's Wall.html]
If what he said to the Atlantic Bishops amounts to an "admonition", forget it. From Wordnik.com. [The supposed anticipated scolding of ONT. Bishops] Reference
But Canadian forces don't deserve this kind of admonition from the top provincial administrator. From Wordnik.com. [Afstan: Sometimes you just can't win] Reference
Pansys sympathy was a kind of admonition; it seemed to say that here was an opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XL] Reference
I am about to engage in any important enterprise, I will recall your admonition, and ask myself if I am heeding it. ". From Wordnik.com. [On The Blockade] Reference
I was flabbergasted by the clerk's stern admonition on my behalf. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Your Tongue, Young Man] Reference
It was an admonition that, in this case, seemed particularly incisive. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture Of 'Yes Men'] Reference
But one admonition stopped me cold: I had to avoid caffeine after noon. From Wordnik.com. [In Search Of Sleep] Reference
Such an admonition is just one of the routine restrictions visited on Tachilek residents. From Wordnik.com. [Staying Out of Trouble] Reference
He also modifies Graham's admonition to diversify, instead placing big bets on a few companies. From Wordnik.com. [The Intelligent Investor] Reference
Absently, I spotted the framed admonition “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”. From Wordnik.com. [Monster Truck] Reference
NEWSWEEK has learned that the strongest admonition came Saturday, Aug. 17, the day before the coup. From Wordnik.com. [The Cia Called It--But Nobody Listened] Reference
He would not look at Obama despite Lehrer's admonition to the candidates to directly talk to each other. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Debates] Reference
Apparently, Waters took Frank's admonition to mean that she should take no role in drafting legislation. From Wordnik.com. [David Fiderer: The Charges Against Maxine Waters Conflate Secretarial Tasks With "Crafting Legislation"] Reference
It almost seems like an admonition from Gerardi himself, prodding his country down the road to redemption. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Of A Bishop] Reference
Her husband tried to temper her victory celebration with the admonition that "now we start all over again.". From Wordnik.com. [Marion Takes To The Air] Reference
That's not just pretty, it's precise; Heaney has obeyed Yeats's admonition to "sing whatever is well made.". From Wordnik.com. [The Second Coming] Reference
(Weldon did say that he'd echoed Reagan's 'Trust, but verify' admonition in his private meeting with Kaddafi.). From Wordnik.com. [Too Soon to Swoon] Reference
This came two weeks after Press Secretary Ari Fleischer's admonition that people need to "watch what they say.". From Wordnik.com. [West Wing Story: The Wrath Of W] Reference
In their delirium, these fans seemed completely oblivious to that old admonition: be careful what you wish for. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Curse of the Rivalry] Reference
He wanted to honor McCain's admonition against backbiting by his top advisers, and the two remained close friends. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Debates] Reference
And even then, some scholars, like UCLA's Islamic law expert Khaled Abou El Fadl, don't see this as an admonition. From Wordnik.com. [Islamic Feminists Storm Some Barricades] Reference
He was sent to his death, contrary to the Biblical admonition, on the basis of a single eyewitness, Bernadine Skillern. From Wordnik.com. [A Reckoning On Death Row] Reference
This might be a good time to remember an admonition we heard a few times when we were children: No running with scissors. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Creative Clippings] Reference
Still, both east and west of the Atlantic, we should remember Mark Twain's admonition: reports of my death are exaggerated. From Wordnik.com. [All Hail 'Delinkage'!] Reference
That grim admonition, from an african-American lawyer, haunts the film "" Losing Isaiah, '' which opens nationwide this week. From Wordnik.com. [Storming The Color Barrier] Reference
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