catechize

Example Sentences

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Then the Cardinal began to catechize the priest who had once been an assistant to his secretariat.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the worst will be to catechize us as if we were witnesses in court.

From The Brightener by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

It was his habit to walk when he talked, and he knew the general had come to catechize him.

From A Certain Rich Man by White, William Allen

"I have no right to catechize Lady Gwendolen," said he.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

In a moment the car was again in motion, but the driver, a man of fifty or thereabouts, found time to catechize his guest.

From The Bail Jumper by Stead, Robert J. C.