hectoring

Example Sentences

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A light touch works better than self-righteous hectoring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Greene took a kitchen-sink approach to her hectoring.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

At David Geffen Hall on Wednesday, Gianandrea Noseda led the Philharmonic in a performance of the Fourth that sidestepped its intriguing, hectoring mystery and embraced the more conventional aspects of its Romanticism.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Biden will bring up concerns about press freedoms, religious freedoms and other issues in a respectful way without "hectoring, lecturing or scolding," one U.S. official who briefed reporters said.

From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2023

Saturday morning, as we discussed what to do about Namba and Weathers and whether to descend, Neal Beidleman was mustering Fischer’s team from their tents and hectoring them to start down from the Col.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer