How to Use preachy in a Sentence

preachy

adjective

• We were put off by the speaker's preachy tone.
• The results should by all rights have been preachy in the extreme.
  — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 3 May 2018
• Talking about climate change can be bleak and, at its worse, preachy.
  — Allie Wist, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2019
• Everyone is so afraid to be earnest or afraid to be like preachy or teach-y.
  — Kate Stanhope, latimes.com, 10 June 2018
• This is not meant to be a preachy post or to try to tell anyone to do anything.
  — Lisa Desantis, Health.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• Some of the plot points feel a little clunky; a few of the monologues get preachy.
  — Margaret Gray, latimes.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• And use your voice in a way that doesn’t feel preachy or overly didactic.
  — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 16 Feb. 2018
• The lyrics are often too preachy and on the nose, sometimes groan-worthy.
  — Harold Goldberg, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
• That said, the all-caps and preachy tone are incredibly off-putting.
  — Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
• Lawrence isn't preachy in his attempt to make this film an emotional gut-punch.
  — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• But in practice, that has meant coming off as stiff, preachy, and painfully out of touch.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
• But the artist did a good job of mixing in his hits with his message so that the night didn't feel too preachy.
  — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Few films have captured in such a thrilling, non-preachy way the essence of Black Pride.
  — John Blake, CNN, 19 June 2022
• Stay curious but don’t become too preachy.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
• In their eyes, by contrast, the West appears fickle and preachy.
  — The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
• And then when a script like that is also about something without being too preachy, right?
  — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
• There’s nothing preachy or self-righteous about Frank’s writing.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
• All because a bunch of men in the academy found the movie too preachy and a bit threatening.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• The stereotype of the endlessly preachy vegan is past its sell-by date.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
• At times, the film’s insistence on linking the silent to the sacred can border on preachy.
  — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 22 June 2017
• And the story is sweet as well, with a pro-environment message that isn’t too preachy.
  — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
• But Menashe is wise not to be preachy, or to make sweeping judgments about Hasidic life.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2017
• In calmer times, a leader expounding from such heights risks sounding preachy and self-righteous.
  — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
• Legend walks the line nicely, never sounding preachy, naive or ill-informed.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 14 June 2017
• Not to get too food preachy (because, honestly, who’s going to listen to a guy who drinks his beer on ice)?
  — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appétit, 30 July 2019
• L'Engle was a Christian, and that's evident here, too, though not in a preachy way.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2020
• Frame each piece to showcase my expertise without being preachy.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• The narrative has its share of tonal inconsistencies that can make the film feel quite preachy.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025
• All that may sound like a recipe for something big, bloated and preachy, but Monae keeps her hips at the forefront.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• Such is the case with Kossakovsky’s film, which is not preachy but leaves it up to the viewer to discern a message.
  — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2019