Words similar to cautionary

Example sentences for: cautionary

How can you use “cautionary” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

That pronunciation is a shibboleth, or rather sibboleth, in English English in terms of “U” and “non-U”--as John Betjeman noted years ago in his cautionary poem How to Get On in Society , which ends:
UFC's flameout from national sensation to total irrelevance is a tragedy of American sports, a cautionary tale of prudishness, heavy-handed politics, and cultural myopia.
A few hours without the power, or having the ATM jam would have been a useful cautionary note at a time when everyone feels like they deserve an IPO of their own.
In summary, the results of this study should be viewed as raising a cautionary question: are the hospital cost reductions that have been observed in California [ 20 ] and nationally [ 21 ] associated with increased mortality?
The one cautionary note concerns the reputed lack of cleanliness in Acapulco, especially in the waters of Acapulco Bay.