moralizing

Example Sentences

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Founder Jason Trost believes the critics are missing the bigger picture and that there are a lot of "emotions and moralising" with prediction markets.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

But Mr Macron said the Legion of Honour - France's highest honour, which Depardieu was awarded in 1996 - was "not there to do any moralising".

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2023

Ordinarily, the president is confined to cutting ribbons and giving moralising speeches.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2021

A painful example is that of Harriet Bulstrode, whose husband, a wealthy, moralising banker, is publicly unmasked as a hypocrite.

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2018

Mr. Andrews has produced a most entertaining book, without departing from authenticated facts, there is no moralising, and the writer never obtrudes himself.

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Scott, Daniel