hectoring
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The latest offering, a campus action film titled “Run Hide Fight: Infidels,” delivers on the hectoring and little else.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Readers may at times feel overwhelmed by Mr. Hoffman’s research, including pages of statistics and a tone that can at times be didactic or hectoring due to the urgency of his environmental case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
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 Finale was, unusually, more moving, with its seesawing between peace and war; in van Zweden’s smooth, happy-minded rendition of the work, neither too heavy nor hectoring, it was no surprise which side eventually triumphed.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
Mrs. French, the bio teacher, is hectoring a kid who hasn’t done his homework.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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