sermonizing
Example Sentences
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And Hall took his own sermonizing to heart.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
But Perkins hops so quickly from one outrageous death to another that his screenplay leaves little room for rumination amid his constant fatalist sermonizing.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2025
As a character, Miss Liza Jane combines the hauteur of opera diva Jessye Norman and the sermonizing wisdom of Maya Angelou.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
At times, Christian movies can feel formulaic and forced, sometimes preferring sermonizing to storytelling.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
The sermonizing, whether theological or social, is equally clumsy and obtrusive.
From A History of English Prose Fiction by Bayard Tuckerman