moralizing

Example Sentences

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At any rate, moralizing about this tendency won’t change how people really feel.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Eating the rainbow only becomes moralizing if you treat it like a compliance chart.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

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

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

“The greatest moralizing and socializing force of all time.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley