as in preaching
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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Your superhero origin story doesn’t also have to a meta Hollywood buddy-comedy preaching The Thespian’s Gospel.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
12 Feb. 2026 -
Some clergy view their moral obligations as going beyond preaching and leading them to on-the-ground advocacy and protest.—
Laura E. Alexander,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Sermonizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermonizing. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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