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The phrase "admonished for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to someone being reprimanded or scolded for a specific action or behavior.
Example: "She was admonished for her tardiness in submitting the report."
Alternatives: "reprimanded for" or "scolded for".
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If you had an accident, you were admonished for it.
The committee properly concluded that he should be admonished for his staffers' blatant misconduct.
Minutes later, a handful of stragglers were admonished for being late.
Ms. Cantwell was admonished for the violation but will face no further penalty.
At one point a Seattle judge was admonished for using court stationery to write to Italian officials on her behalf.
In recent years, politicians in particular have been heavily admonished for accepting huge sums for their after-dinner speeches.
In reality, all that happened is that these theologians were admonished for deliberately misrepresenting the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Many countries will be admonished for allowing the illegal trade in animal parts and plant species to flourish.
He was admonished for not bringing his car directly to victory circle, where it could be impounded for the postrace inspection.
But if the President deserves to be congratulated for finally taking action — and he does — then he also deserves to be admonished for having waited so long.
They were admonished for, variously, disorganisation, unpunctuality, wearing the wrong boots, buying unsatisfactory bananas and failing to think properly as scientists.
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