moralize

Example Sentences

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In “Next Generation,” this exchange would have led to a moralizing speech from Jean-Luc about how they cannot play judge, jury and executioner.

From New York Times

As if on cue, the Kremlin echoed the Chinese criticisms of the summit, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters in Moscow Wednesday the summit was an “exercise in moralizing” and not a “serious event.”

From Washington Times

Sanders' overt moralizing and harsh attacks on big business make him an outlier in the Senate, even in his own party.

From Salon

This political vacuum has spawned anti-politics, or what the writer Benjamin DeMott called "junk politics," which "personalizes and moralizes issues and interests instead of clarifying them."

From Salon

Nonetheless, most of us, like Madden after witnessing Stingley’s injury, will all but recover from our shock, our nausea, our indignation, our moralizing, and tune in again.

From Washington Post