moralizing

Example Sentences

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But not Mr. Carney, who passes off conventional wisdom as bold truth-telling and mistakes empty moralizing for statesmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

“The Expert of Subtle Revisions” isn’t a political book, per se, nor is it moralizing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Gillian SteelFisher of the Harvard School of Public Health thinks the agency at times adopted a counterproductive, moralizing tone during the pandemic.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024

Flock, a journalist, explores this question through the stories of three very different women, in Alabama, rural India and northern Syria, avoiding easy moralizing.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

“The greatest moralizing and socializing force of all time.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley