moralistic

Example Sentences

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He wrote about her in his postcards home, displeasing his moralistic parents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

To achieve some of these much-needed reforms, we must shift the cultural narrative — peeling back the moralistic and judgment-laced rhetoric around poverty, savings and retirement — and acknowledge existing structural barriers to savings.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025

They have gone instead for chilly, moralistic and cautionary.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Prudes are going to be prudish, so no point in trying to appease them in a show that’s all about the havoc that’s wrought when human biology is denied by moralistic zealots.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

Re-reading these brief moralistic appraisals usually left me disheartened.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez