- present participle of preach.
preaching
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But instead of preaching to the choir, he contends with society’s gray areas, never offering a solution — or even his own opinion — on the difficult topics at hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
"I have been able to take care of my children's education. My last-born just completed university, and half of the financial support came from money I got from preaching."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Some people in the community who had been preaching the risks of losing control of AI felt vindicated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Much of my life is dedicated to preaching that art, and practicing reverence for it can be the glue that keeps us together when the world wants us torn apart.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
His brother Aeron might have known, but the Damphair was back on the Iron Islands, preaching against the Crow’s Eye and his rule.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
His Holiness doesn't have any pets of his own, staying true to his preachings.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2022
He later confessed that if he were a young Black man, he wouldn’t follow his own preachings, according to Mufson’s book.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
Which is to say, Brother Ray’s preachings against violence don’t seem to have sunk in.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2016
In 1518 he went to study at the University of Paris where it is believed he first came across the preachings of Martin Luther, a German theologian who essentially founded Protestantism.
From BBC ● May 3, 2016
Yet the president was wise enough to see that sufficient had been done at present in breaking up the preachings.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott
