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Several family members participated in the service by leading solos and delivering sermonettes.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2020

But there are also sermonettes on love and lightness, on purpose and meaning, and on compassion and caring that seem more suited to a therapy session or self-improvement seminar.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2016

Right now he is probably in for a series of sermonettes advising him that The Spy Who Came In from the Cold was all very well, but writing real novels is a serious business.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many of them, says Brunvand, serve as cautionary tales, sermonettes on the evils of, say, parking in deserted lanes or buying cheap imported goods.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is not—or should not be—a gathering of groups, large or small, where silent hearers listen to sermonettes by little preachers, miscalled teachers.

From Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman