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    Use "cautionary" in a sentence

    cautionary example sentences

    cautionary


    1. that it had just moved into another time-zone – yet another cautionary


    2. that you may understand the cautionary nature of my words and then, when the


    3. These were taken with a grain of salt by himself, which led the observers to understand it wasn't the first time he'd received the cautionary directives from his wife


    4. The saying, 'those to whom much is given, much is expected' is actually an observation of reality not a cautionary injunction


    5. If Olger’s cautionary advice about Tico Time was correct, she was an hour and forty-five minutes early


    6. ” I can’t imagine how unpleasant it would be to spend even one day in a bird’s bottom, so with this cautionary tale in mind, we pulled off the road when the storm got too fierce


    7. She looked up and her eyes widened, then she nodded her head in acknowledgement of his cautionary gesture


    8. Even setting aside the argument of circularity, that any attempt to prove a statement by references to the statement itself were circular in nature and proved nothing without outside sources of corroboration, it is found that in the early history of the practitioners of Christianity there was the cautionary advice from St


    9. But think about this: what would be more cautionary, to believe me or to take my words in vain?


    10. served as a cautionary tale of what not to do: renounce work, mention

    11. president and all his top economic advisers proclaim the same cautionary


    12. Or when a hero or a villain descends into the absurd, it can be a cautionary tale


    13. His wife had been up since dawn and at ten, after a quick peck on Sean’s cheek and a cautionary nod at me, she stumped up the stairs to the waiting taxi


    14. With this cautionary tale in mind I resisted the young fellow’s charms, absorbed the atmosphere and felt alone, starved of affection, stupid, ugly, tired and sad


    15. Start with “short-term” goals to begin with as a cautionary measure


    16. This is a useful cautionary tale, because it illustrates the danger of changing a habit, even a major one, without also changing your core identity


    17. His writing aims to violate “the small house of our cautionary being” and leave it “no longer inhabitable in quite the same way as it was before


    18. Ernie put a cautionary hand on Thelma’s arm


    19. ” The wise, cautionary words of her equine friend


    20. One cautionary note is that both cranberries and blueberries contain oxalate, which is a chemical that can add to the risk for kidney stones for those with a proclivity or history

    21. It is now a popular cautionary story that overprotective parents use to coerce their children into staying at home, as if to say:


    22. ” Life glanced at her acquaintance with a dry cautionary smile, for his mind could always be read on his face, and in his shorts


    23. There are two cautionary flags, however…


    24. Emory gave his old friend a cautionary look


    25. However, a cautionary remark should be made here


    26. “Just get in and buckle up would you Lisa!” He responded testily and I gave up on my cautionary safety measures


    27. *Admonition- cautionary advice about something


    28. Stopping to spare one final, cautionary glance up at the houses, Ingrid pulled Scott's shirt up over her head, then splashed into Horseshoe Bay until the water was up over her breasts


    29. The door was quickly opened and closed, and there stood before him face to face, quiet, intent upon him, with the light of a smile on his features, and a cautionary finger on his lip, Sydney Carton


    30. cautionary point not to overdo the whiz bang effects in the slide show menus (Slide Show, Slide

    31. Watching how the loss of a child had pulled her parents apart—not just pulled them apart, but destroyed them—had been enough of a cautionary tale


    32. He had anecdotes, too, cautionary tales for the blacked-out drinker: There was a guy in New Jersey who got drunk at a fourth of July party


    33. * The same cautionary statements seem called for in the case of Emerson Electric, with a special reference to the market’s current valuation of over a billion dollars for the intangible, or earning-power, factor here


    34. Since Hospital was selling at over four times its book value in 1969, this cautionary remark must be applied to both companies


    35. The book is ultimately a cautionary tale about the stock market


    36. Though Securities and Exchange Commission regulations require that all sorts of disclaimers about the company's potential be included in the prospectus, the interests behind the offering trump that cautionary tale with their own versions of future riches


    37. Leff placed a cautionary hand on Jenks’s arm


    38. The next day showed a small “hanging man” type of formation, which is a cautionary sign at the end of a sharp move to the upside, and so I decided AIG could be shorted in size right here


    39. Enron may be an extreme cautionary tale of a company acquiring other businesses outside of its core competency, but it’s a great example to keep in mind when you’re considering investing in companies that are starting to do so


    40. This trader’s story really is a cautionary tale for everyone and anyone

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    Synonyms for "cautionary"

    admonitory cautionary exemplary monitory warning prophylactic

    "cautionary" definitions

    warding off


    serving to warn