proselytize

Pratt needed to proselytize — not preach to the choir.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

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

“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

This one credited to fitness influencer Dr. Paul Saladino, author of “The Carnivore Code,” who proselytizes the health benefits of eating animal organs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

Turner now proselytizes in the Dodgers clubhouse, teaching or reinforcing the beliefs of talented young hitters like Cody Bellinger and Corey Seager, and even influencing some hitting instructors like Hyers.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 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

President Jeffrey Holland went to Israel and pledged last August that any Mormon teacher or student who proselytizes will be sent home.

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

From his apartment, he proselytized to guests like Outterbridge, David Hammons and Judson Powell.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2021

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

Her reporting indicates that it's food media elites like you and me and others who have proselytized the most about brining.

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2018

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

When Sudeikis, another Midwesterner, joined the comedy troupe, Hunt began proselytizing about the sport, using PlayStation games to draw in Sudeikis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

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

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

Why should freedom favor proselytizing faiths over those that don’t seek converts?

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

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

Doubly convinced by Mendel’s experimental data, and by his own evidence, Bateson set about proselytizing.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee