moralize

Example Sentences

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As people died despite the lockdowns, we got moralizing about the dangers of going outside, despite reasonable evidence that was not the problem.

From Seattle Times

In speeches and community meetings, he paints a stark, moralized contrast between the businesses that invest in jobs and the sit-and-wait landowners whose paydays rely on others’ efforts.

From New York Times

The moral values may differ at each extreme of the two parties, but their efforts to moralize can sound an awful lot alike to many Americans.

From Seattle Times

But Coppola, never one to fall back on easy, moralizing judgments — nor to disentangle sadness from joy, its natural companion — doesn’t deny or condemn that mirage’s seductive power.

From Los Angeles Times

But that's because, with Roe in place, "pro-life" functioned more as a moralizing term than a statement of policy preference.

From Salon