moralize

Example Sentences

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Make a commitment not to moralize food, or the food anyone is eating.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023

All this gives Icke ample opportunity to skewer cancel culture, identity politics and political correctness, although the satirical and the sincere often coexist uneasily, especially when his supporting characters moralize tediously.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022

I wouldn’t moralize and say that’s bad — I think people create arrangements that work for them.

From The Verge • May 23, 2022

Think carefully about what language you use; for example, “good” and “bad” moralize food.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021

I came here to moralize, not to hear things that make me skip to think of.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott