hectoring

Example Sentences

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Writer Emma Rosenblum says she’s bombarded daily with hectoring advice about bone density—like most of her female peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

No one in history has embodied the role of a fascist gym teacher more thoroughly than Jordan, a man whose only waking mode is "hectoring."

From Salon • Oct. 18, 2023

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

The Kid — a name McCarthy also used for his protagonist in 1985’s “Blood Meridian” — began appearing to Alice during adolescence and serves as a hectoring protector.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2022

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