hectoring

Example Sentences

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“Oh, it is, eh?” he rejoined and gazed at her hectoringly.

From Shadow Mountain by Coolidge, Dane

The Haji, not loud or hectoringly, but with a composed smile, advises his friends to hold him off.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"Why can't you finish one thing before starting another?" demanded the Poet hectoringly.

From Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy by Militia of Mercy (U.S.). Gift Book Committee