proselytize

The result of all this history is the echo that still persists in the contemporary views of human-rights organizations, with their definitions of religious freedom as centered around the freedom to proselytize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Aster is careful not to pass judgment or overtly proselytize, favoring a mode of storytelling that gets as close to the truth as possible while leading with objectivity.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025

“There’s no proselytizing because our church doesn’t proselytize or try to convert anyone — they just talk.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 11, 2023

I’m not here to proselytize, but if you have a hankering to join in on the photo fun, tools like Wikishootme show you nearby landmarks that need photos.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2023

“To proselytize means to preach a certain way of thinking, in this case the cause of the Survivalists,” I answer, mentally calculating distance and time.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

The beverage is a collaboration with fitness influencer Paul Saladino, who proselytizes the health benefits of eating animal organs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2024

Now, I am someone who proselytizes for the theatrical experience every chance I get.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2019

Koch proselytizes for integrated information theory, which holds that even a single proton might be a little bit conscious.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 4, 2017

As the founder of the Lit City Trax record label, Imanian-Friedman, also called J-Cush, proselytizes for a variety of dance-music subgenres from around the world, most notably Chicago’s relentlessly herky-jerky footwork scene.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2015

Tirelessly, Brown proselytizes for reduced spending, probing with Socratic questioning that leaves many listeners in a rage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Muslims ruled large parts of India from the early 13th to the 19th century, and during this era Muslim preachers and Sufi mystics actively proselytized for Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

X says she was not proselytized, let alone "radicalized," by a Muslim chaplain or anyone else.

From Salon ● May 8, 2022

She said the values around glamorized wealth and extreme thinness have only been proselytized wider as Ms. Zuckerbrot’s renown has grown.

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2020

He met his wife, who also proselytized, at their evangelical church.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2020

I knew that Gaur was a member of the party, but he had never proselytized for it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

It makes sense that proselytizing religions would see the potential of the algorithm.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

Instead, Jim donated it to the Boys and Girls Club—a nod to the foster-care system that had raised him while his father toured the country proselytizing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

In that sense, Cronenberg’s films are eerily prescient allegories of our present-day techverse and proselytizing profiteers like Sam Altman and Elon Musk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

Within five years, the chant “Hare Krishna” was everywhere: among throngs of devotees proselytizing in airports; in “Hair”; in a No. 1 hit song by George Harrison.

From New York Times ● May 22, 2024

I know she had the ring before Dad served a mission—which was expected of all faithful Mormon men—and spent two years proselytizing in Florida.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover