CAUTION in a Sentence

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79 example sentences for CAUTION, such as:

1. I cautioned him against the danger.
2. I would, however, sound a note of caution.
3. Citrus growers were cautioned to protect the fruit from frost.
4. When trying to portray real people in ads, extra caution is advised.
5. Another caution will result in his automatic suspension from the final.

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 Meanings and Examples of CAUTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
caution
 n.  care; being attentive to possible danger
Classic Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1  True, you may say that, by exceeding caution, you may possibly escape these and the multitudinous other evil chances of life.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
2  Every individual taste, every natural appetite, was bridled by caution.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: XII
3  Madame Ratignolle hoped that Robert would exercise extreme caution in dealing with the Mexicans, who, she considered, were a treacherous people, unscrupulous and revengeful.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XV
4  It was utterly useless to caution them and plead with them; quite without knowing it, they were taking on the tone of their new environment.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
5  In such circumstances, common prudence dictated that Heyward and his companions should imitate a caution that proceeded from so intelligent a source.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
6  It was evident that this excess of caution proceeded from an experience that no subtlety on the part of their enemies could deceive.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
7  Hawkeye spoke to him in Delaware, when the young chief took his position with singular caution and undisturbed coolness.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
8  The sisters rode in his rear, with Heyward at their side, while the Indians flanked the party, and brought up the close of the march, with a caution that seemed never to tire.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
9  Nor were those in the rear wanting in every caution and foresight known to forest warfare.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
10  As the Hurons, to every appearance, had abandoned the pursuit, there was no apparent reason for this excess of caution.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
11  That subtle savage had recovered his artifice and self-command, and now proceeded toward his object with his customary caution and skill.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
12  He even darkly hinted that their success might be extended, with proper caution, in such a manner as to include the destruction of all whom they had reason to hate.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
13  The warrior whose eye is open can see his enemy, said Magua, once more shifting his ground, when he found himself unable to penetrate the caution of his companion.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28
14  In selecting another to perform the office of reclaiming his highly prized rifle, the scout had lost sight of none of his habitual caution.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
15  Heyward threw himself among the combatants, and imitating the necessary caution of his companions, he made quick discharges with his own rifle.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
Example Sentence:
1  The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution.
2  We have continued to exercise caution in our budgeting for the current year.
3  There is no sober-minded, fast pace also goes awry; no caution pace, then flat road will fall.
4  Another caution will result in his automatic suspension from the final.
5  He could find himself making enemies as well as friends unless he proceeds with the utmost caution.
6  I would, however, sound a note of caution.
7  He tried with caution once or twice, as he went; then jumped to the roof of the woodshed and thence to the ground.
8  I think my psyche is a contradictory mixture of adventurism and contemplative caution.
9  When trying to portray real people in ads, extra caution is advised.
10  I cautioned him against the danger.
11  She wasn't sent to the juvenile court; instead she was cautioned.
12  Citrus growers were cautioned to protect the fruit from frost.