Usage of "object lesson"

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Punishment intended as a warning to others.

Использование термина object lesson на английском

It was just an object lesson.' He leant forward over the desk. 
 Empire in black and gold 

And what is happening in England and elsewhere supplies an object lesson. 
 The Irish Times 

The Odyssey is an object lesson in the power of human cunning. 
 The Guardian 

Jat-Krula became a sobering object lesson taught to Warrior-Servants at all levels. 
 Halo Silentium 

In loading a bait, an object lesson was given, using unpoisoned suet. 
 Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings 

So I'm supposed to be an object lesson, is that it, Sergeant? 
 Dexter in the Dark 

It would also be, I hoped, an object lesson to my hostess. 
 Somewhere in Red Gap 

The grey squirrel is an object lesson in the value of public relations. 
 The Irish Times 

This object lesson in the unity of international feeling immensely pleased the spectators. 
 Edison's Conquest of Mars 

On another, the programme is an object lesson in successful parenting. 
 The Irish Times 

Our encyclopedia contains many such stories, each containing at least one object lesson. 
 The Complete Rama Omnibus 

It was a realistic object lesson on the ever-present dangers of the sea. 
 The Face and the Mask 

The whole poem is an object lesson on the absurdity of didactic poetry. 
 A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century 

Perhaps it was better that the professor should have had an object lesson. 
 The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers; Or, On the Trail of ... 

Renmark stood motionless as a statue, an object lesson in self-control. 
 In the Midst of Alarms 

Each such farm demonstration serves as an object lesson for the entire community. 
 Community Civics and Rural Life 

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Значения термина object lesson на английском