preachment

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of preachment It may well be called a preachment for peace. Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023 This is why their exhortations and preachments are so commonly met with bemused responses. Adolph Reed Jr., Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022 Both figures suggest that the Church’s preachment would be inaccessible to the majority of the English people in both Latin and the vernacular without some sort of visual aid. John Hirschauer, National Review, 14 Nov. 2019 And the filmmaker—a cold term for such a masterly artist—has portrayed every bit of it with perfect clarity and not the slightest whiff of preachment. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preachment
Noun
  • Her voice was loud and hoarse, calling out comments or exhortations concerning the game.
    Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
  • But local leaders had no doubt about the perpetrators, even though the state’s campaign had previously been carried out through public exhortations and directives, not clandestine repaintings.
    Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • After making a positive impact on Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) in her season 2 debut, Chef Terry returned in the season 3 finale to deliver a moving speech about the importance of a restaurant being service to the customer — not the food itself.
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • After the speeches on the Capitol steps, the crowd marched to 8th Street and then back toward the Capitol.
    Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At an early lecture of Alaoui’s, one silent member of the audience seems unusually intent on his words.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Each lecture in the series is free for Birch Aquarium members and $12 for non-members.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His approach addresses gaps that hospice care often doesn’t.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Hazony, in his opening address, gave a more charitable assessment.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Preachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preachment. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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