moralizing

Example Sentences

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But not Mr. Carney, who passes off conventional wisdom as bold truth-telling and mistakes empty moralizing for statesmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Implicit in "wellness" rhetoric is the idea that poor health is strictly a result of personal choices, which are subjected to moralizing judgment.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

Gillian SteelFisher of the Harvard School of Public Health thinks the agency at times adopted a counterproductive, moralizing tone during the pandemic.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024

Part of that is due to its overarching Very Special Episode tone and moralizing treatment of various issues.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

There is another possible precedent: moralizing portraits, the descendants of pictures of St. Jerome, that show their subjects holding or pointing to skulls, much as Revere has the teapot in his hand.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson