Sentence examples for dire admonitions from inspiring English sources

Beneath all the mud and gloom and dire admonitions, there burned an ember of self-satisfaction — of pride in their wretched circumstance and willingness to endure it.

The Terminal Man was a dire admonition of scientific tinkering that left one numb.

Mr. Panetta has been warning in dire terms for months about the effects of the across-the-board cuts, but defense budget analysts have viewed a number of his admonitions as hyperbole meant to prod Congress into making a budget deal.

The local paper, The Groesbeck Journal, ends virtually every water-related article with the admonition "Continue to pray for rain!" Other cities in Limestone County do not face as dire a situation as Groesbeck, the county seat, because they rely on different sources of water, like groundwater wells.

Those admonitions are largely unheeded.

But moral admonitions will not be enough.

YOUNGER executives offer similar admonitions.

To little avail, admonitions abound.

Situation dire.

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Unfortunately, such admonitions had little effect.