sermonizing

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It’s gripping and informative without sermonizing — everything a great documentary should be.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025

At times, Christian movies can feel formulaic and forced, sometimes preferring sermonizing to storytelling.

From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 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

“Blood-soaked soil that my great-grandmother fled,” she said at one point, in sermonizing tones.

From New York Times • May 25, 2021

That would not be essential if I were sermonizing.

From How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories by Murray, W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison)