How to Use beware in a Sentence
beware
verb- He told them to beware.
- The restaurant's food is excellent, but beware the chili if you don't like spicy food.
- A ghostly voice cried “Beware!”.
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But beware — the thrills are not for the faint of heart.
— Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 7 July 2019 -
What are some of the main tax scams to beware this year?
— The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024 -
One of the lessons of his work is to beware the flaws of democracy.
— Time, 1 Aug. 2023 -
Jensen then bid the crowd to sample the fruit, telling them to beware of the seeds and to make sure crunch on the skins.
— Laura Ness, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2019 -
Just beware: The kiawe thorns in the sand can hurt bare feet. 5.
— Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023 -
Make sure the grates are very hot, but beware that the squash may stick a little.
— Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 June 2021 -
Trail hikers were warned to beware of the Blue Swamp Creek Rougarou.
— Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, 31 Oct. 2017 -
But beware: There will be no kitchen in which heat up your dish.
— BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2019 -
The taste is spot on but beware that the texture is slightly grainy.
— Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023 -
And climbers have to beware of avalanches, rock and ice falls, and crevasses.
— Wes Siler, Outside Online, 7 Aug. 2018 -
Read on, but beware mild spoilers for those who didn't read the book first.
— Susan Young, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024 -
The space seats about 300 people, but beware those front rows.
— Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023 -
But, just like the Giants gave the Buccaneers a scare, beware the trap game.
— Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020 -
Beware: That proboscis of theirs can leave a painful nip.
— Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 11 July 2017 -
Bad guys, beware: There are now two Bosches cleaning up the streets.
— Oliver Gettell, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022 -
Their folk tales warn children to beware of long-haired strangers.
— The Economist, 5 July 2018 -
The clear message would be: Let not only the buyer but the thief beware.
— Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 23 May 2021 -
Book buyers, beware: New books will be in short supply for the rest of 2021.
— Hope Corrigan, Quartz, 16 Sep. 2021 -
But beware: Just 192 of Alonso’s blasts would have been homer at the CoPa.
— Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 14 Oct. 2024 -
Just beware The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room.
— Mary Lou Cruz, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2021 -
But beware that drying wet wood too quickly will cause the parts to crack.
— Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2020 -
But beware: Only once has all four No. 1 seeds made it to the Final Four.
— Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2023 -
But beware: Deer, rabbits, slugs, and snails love these plants.
— Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 25 May 2022 -
But beware the Spartans at The Event Center, always a weird place to play with its sparse crowds.
— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024 -
But let the buyer, or in this case the contract signer, beware.
— New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022 -
An important one to beware of is the blue wavelengths of light from your cell phone.
— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2024 -
Also beware of perforations in the upper designed to make the boots more breathable—those holes could be a liability in deep water or snow.
— Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online, 25 Oct. 2024
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