sermonizer

Example Sentences

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But more often, Mr. Biden, who has a volatile temper — and was known as a long-winded civic sermonizer during his Senate years — visibly struggled to suppress his anger.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2020

Creflo Dollar and Bishop Long preached the same hopeful message, in slightly different ways, but Dollar remained my favorite sermonizer.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2013

This may be satisfying for the sermonizer, but it won’t solve Europe’s problems—and it won’t save the euro.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2011

What remained was the information or the argument, either of which could be taken to pieces slowly, unaffected by oratorical skill or audience fatigue, traditional props for the sermonizer.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is a great pity," said the sermonizer, looking at the face of Clotilde, elongated in the brass andiron; and, after a pause: "Nothing on earth can take the place of hard and patient labor.

From The Grandissimes by Cable, George Washington