lecturing

Example Sentences

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However, some social media users saw this as exactly the kind of colonial lecturing he said that France had moved away from, while others argued he was within his rights.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Both the Pentagon and the Vatican denied a report, published in the Free Press last week, that the meeting was tense, with Colby lecturing the cardinal on U.S. military power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

I’m used to lecturing, like, I plug in my computer, I have some visuals and I mostly read and speak.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

Another supervisor came out and tried to defuse the situation, half lecturing, half sympathizing.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

My mom starts lecturing him like he’s one of her students.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm