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  • noun Plural form of admonishment.

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Examples

  • No matter what you think - it's the accomplishments I'm impressed with - not the admonishments from the community.

    Vote To Keep Mike - NASA Watch 2009

  • The Rockies returned to the field after admonishments from the public address announcer that anyone throwing objects on the field would be ejected.

    USATODAY.com - Baseball - Colorado vs. Arizona 2006

  • If one recalls the admonishments of the book that is adhered to by this fellow, one must recall that there are indications that the believer! should not attack another territory with the purpose of vanquishing them as enemies without first allowing them the opportunity to convert to Islam.

    WARNING - New Osama Bin Laden video Lionheart 2007

  • Then she would end her admonishments by letting Keshari know that she loved her and that she would always be there for her in whatever way that she needed her to be…for ANYTHING.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Then she would end her admonishments by letting Keshari know that she loved her and that she would always be there for her in whatever way that she needed her to be…for ANYTHING.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Finger-wagging admonishments to drive cars that get at least 35 miles per gallon fell on deaf ears.

    Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Environmental Legacy Of 9/11 Rabbi Edward Bernstein 2011

  • Finger-wagging admonishments to drive cars that get at least 35 miles per gallon fell on deaf ears.

    Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Environmental Legacy Of 9/11 Rabbi Edward Bernstein 2011

  • Chinese state-media accounts of the meetings notably didn't include any such endorsement of the U.S., but nor did they quote Mr. Xi making the types of admonishments repeated in the Chinese press recently.

    No Finger-Wagging Greets Biden Brian Spegele 2011

  • Finger-wagging admonishments to drive cars that get at least 35 miles per gallon fell on deaf ears.

    Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Environmental Legacy Of 9/11 Rabbi Edward Bernstein 2011

  • I was astounded by the number and scope of Twain's advice -- and admonishments.

    Patricia Benesh: Mark Twain's Discourse: A Timeless Writing Course Patricia Benesh 2010

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