lecturing

Example Sentences

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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

There’s the diner scene in which Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are on screen together for the first time, lecturing each about how “you can’t change me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

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

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

It felt like telling a joke that didn’t land or lecturing people who didn’t want to be lectured.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

She headed toward my boyfriend and started screaming and lecturing him.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers