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How to use the word Cautionary in a Sentence?

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It’s a cautionary tale for Democrats and the anti-Trump wing of the Republican Party, many of whom are celebrating his relatively low energy announcement speech last night, a wounded Donald Trump is an even more dangerous Donald Trump for his GOP rivals and even President Biden.

Kevin Walling

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Congresswoman, let me ask you about something Harry Reid told me just before his passing in interviews this year. He said it’s time to get rid of the filibuster, he did issue a cautionary warning about expanding the Supreme Court, so he was an institutionalist in many ways. But as somebody who, you know, practiced the art of the filibuster and so on as a Senate leader, at the end of his life, he was warning the country that this is standing in the way of important progress.

Jim Acosta

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This report provides a cautionary tale for people as they consider how to celebrate the winter holidays, the gatherings at the center of this outbreak occurred in a rural area that had seen almost no evidence of Covid-19.

Robert Long

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There will no doubt be cautionary announcements by various scientific bodies about the validity of a partial set of results from a tiny trial, markets, though, will likely do their very best to ignore those, preferring to concentrate on ... a potential treatment for COVID-19 symptoms.

Jeffrey Halley

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I have been infected with COVID-19. It is a result of my negligence, disregarding the cautionary words of the government and my friends.

Kim Jae-joong

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

To some extent, Westport is a cautionary tale, or a harbinger of what's to come, i hope the 168 other towns in Connecticut State see what happens in Westport and act accordingly.

Connecticut State Senator Will Haskell

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The fear is that it could be a SARS-type event, which was an economic issue, but this is all cautionary. The market is not panicking or anything.

Ellis Phifer

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

My one cautionary note is I think it is very important for all the candidates who are running at every level to pay some attention to where voters actually are.

Barack Hussein Obama

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This should never have happened, this is a cautionary tale.

Art Caplan

Found on CNN
6 years ago

I think in this day and age, patients do have to be their own advocate, this has been a cautionary tale which I believe patients can learn from.

Susan Witt

Found on CNN
6 years ago

This is not a moment to revel in how the mighty have fallen but instead in how the silenced have spoken up, stood together and survived, weinstein's arrest, for the women who have accused Harvey Weinstein and others like them around the world, I'm sure feels like a moment of catharsis and it should serve as a cautionary tale for others like [ Morgan ] Freeman and every day people who toe the line between unacceptable and criminal behavior.

Tarana Burke

Found on CNN
6 years ago

What it really offers is this cautionary tale that says a few things. One, the amount of money and resources that are going into these programs need to be evaluated to understand what their ultimate costs are, studies have come out in the past looking at reduced prescribing behavior, but we're taking it to the next level -- looking at fatal or nonfatal overdoses. And what we're seeing is that when you actually look at the literature, it isn't that strong to support.

David Fink

Found on CNN
6 years ago

He should just let it go, what’s done is done. He’s still going to be a very rich man. It’s a cautionary tale for everyone.

Kent Ninomiya

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It's an important, cautionary note that we shouldn't get too carried away with the idea that a computer system can replace doctors and therapists, we do still need the human touch or the human interaction, particularly when people are depressed.

Christopher Dowrick

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There was a level of fraud on a national scale that people were not privy to that could happen again tomorrow, i think it's a cautionary tale and I hope it starts conversations about how to change things and to avoid it happening again because it could be far worse next time.

Steve Carell

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

With a superior business model, in our view, that is half high-end department store, 30 percent off-price, and 20 percent online, this level of deceleration is a potential cautionary tale of the U.S. consumer's health.

Deutsche Bank analyst Paul Trussell

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Kylee’s story is unique as a cautionary tale— as the athlete who says they’re better, but they’re not.

Michael Rippee

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

For the Caribbean and Central America, this is a cautionary lesson in the view that Chinese state-sponsored investment in tourism or other areas is in any way assured to be well-run or efficient.

Matt Ferchen

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Is there a cautionary tale here? Yes, it's a cautionary tale to everyone to be careful when you are using social media.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Marchese

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

His ordeal is a cautionary tale to any investor who thinks the Cuban playing field is level.

Peter Kent

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I hope that young people will see Jaycee as a cautionary tale and stay away from drugs, i failed to teach my son and I should also bear responsibility. Jaycee and I deeply bow in apology to society.

Jackie Chan

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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