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

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

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

He was charming and thoughtful company, if a little inclined toward sermonizing, whether on the importance of cultivating “severe happiness,” eating healthily or not overthinking things.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2021

Sounds like some more sermonizing, but if it is it will be fairly subtle.”

From God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life by Chapman, Ethel M.