sermonizing
Example Sentences
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It’s gripping and informative without sermonizing — everything a great documentary should be.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025
In all the military formations, colorful uniforms, singing of hymns and sermonizing, I looked for elements such as that one — the art and drama of this rare royal state funeral and procession.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
Flanagan’s mix of Christian and vampiric lore and imagery is clever, though the later episodes are a little heavy on sermonizing and philosophical exposition.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
No need to wait on a sermonizing dispatch from the Great American Lion of Letters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2021
The sermonizing, whether theological or social, is equally clumsy and obtrusive.
From A History of English Prose Fiction by Bayard Tuckerman