moralize

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Recent Examples of moralize Similarly, gays in horror movies could just go camping with their friends — and worry about psycho killers who were just good old-fashioned horror-movie maniacs, instead of moralizing sin hunters or trans people made terrifying. Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 June 2024 But Ireland retains its faith in the power of certain forms of moralizing censorship to manage or disguise political failures: The new hate-speech laws look like a desperate attempt to preempt debate about Ireland’s demographic transformation. Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023 And in its rule-making, the EU should simplify and streamline, rather than moralize and nitpick. Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 12 Dec. 2023 The repeal of those old laws followed so swiftly by the imposition of other ones regulating speech suggests Ireland retains its faith in the power of moralizing censorship to manage or disguise political failures. The Editors, National Review, 29 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for moralize
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Verb
  • On a Sunday during the trial, William Jennings Bryan preached a fire-and-brimstone sermon to an enormous crowd on the courthouse lawn.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2025
  • The Fallen Bikers and Riders founder preaches safety, especially to newer motorcyclists, while on the road.
    Alexis Martin, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • Gavin could learn something to benefit Californians rather than lecturing Americans 3,000 miles away.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • Amy Lieberman, a politics and society editor at The Conversation U.S., spoke with Lincoln Mitchell, a political strategy and campaign specialist who lectures at Columbia University, to understand what Mamdani’s primary win might indicate about the direction of national politics.
    Lincoln Mitchell, The Conversation, 27 June 2025

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