exhortatory

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Reviews were mixed, with some critics praising the show’s traditional look and feel, and others being turned off by what Mike Hale described in The New York Times as a “promotional, exhortatory, shrink-wrapped” ceremony.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

But Robin Bell, who spent much of the previous administration projecting accusatory and exhortatory phrases on such edifices as the Trump International Hotel, here plants a field of solar-powered, color-shifting electronic toadstools.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2021

Shrewd, detailed and exhortatory, their book breaks down obstacles to quitting, illustrated by exemplary stories of men and women who had the courage to gracefully quit jobs that did not satisfy them.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2013

Of course, this drama would need to be as nuanced and opaque as history itself – not merely heroic or exhortatory or cheerfully progressivist.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2013

His voice had an exhortatory but tender tone in it.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson