admonitory

Examples of admonition

admonition
He wanted to illuminate the creative process for an artistic elite, and his concepts were more abstract than the practical admonitions found in sales texts.
Despite the admonitions of progressive welfare reformers, it seems unlikely that this policy will be reversed.
To our mind their admonitions imply that the activities to which they were opposed constituted not isolated exceptions from everyday practice, but rather the rule.
Statements of general moral principles were the most common in this sample, though closely followed by admonitions specific to the recipient.
In these admonitions and allusions, this muttering which is incomprehensible to the uninitiated, there is a note of truth.
The book is less advocacy than admonition to obey.
Praise could be linked with admonitions to duty.
As a text of admonition and salvation, the novel seeks to be a text of control-not control of love but of youthful sexuality.
It also issued admonitions and warnings and, when deemed necessary, dismissals.
The massive disregard of the long-established taboo caused fear of admonition by supernatural forces and profound worries about the continuity of life and social harmony.
Statements of general moral principles and admonitions specific to the recipient were the most common types.
Knowing the hopelessness of their admonitions, they kept a pot of coffee warm for him at all hours.
These names are an admonition to death to stay away.
Most of these, however, take the form of echoes in disputes or admonitions against the wrong belief.
Other contributors break with the editor's admonitions by adopting the language of consolidology along with its concern for political institutionalisation.
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