preaching
Example Sentences
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“All I’m preaching is about Jesus Christ and they waived me, right? They say I’m crazy, right? I’m psycho,” Ivey said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Lanier graduated from college at 20 and trained as a minister before going to law school at Texas Tech University, hoping to make enough money to support his preaching.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
There’s little time spent on subtext, and even less on preaching.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
And Charlie Kirk - the late political activist who toured US college campuses preaching right-wing views - has become something of a hero among a small group of young British people online.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
I remembered something I had heard about Malcolm X. He had said that when he was preaching on the corners in Harlem he was fishing for the dead.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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