as in preached
to deliver a sermon
did not believe that it was the president's place to sermonize, especially to other world leaders
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Payton's preached for weeks that the Broncos have to have better discipline, and even put up a breakdown in a meeting room this past week of how many penalties each individual player had through three weeks.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025 -
Where Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young famously urged his front office mates to be willing to trade prospects, Harris has preached the belief in building a sustainable winner.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Sermonized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermonized. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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