Sentence example with the word 'moralizing'

moralizing

Definition n. indulgence in moral pronouncements

Last update: July 15, 2015


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The Report of the five bishops divides them into three schools: (1) the moralizing school, the oldest, by which - as in the case of St Jerome's treatment of the Jewish vestments - the vestments are explained as typical of the virtues proper to those who wear them; (2) the Christological school, i.e.   [Please select]

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"Look here, little gal," said Dick, in a moralizing vein, "isn't this rayther undootiful conduct on your part."   [Please select]

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When he had recovered from his merriment, he began to talk to himself, in an unusually grave and moralizing strain.   [Please select]

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And then, his fierce outbreak about taking orders from a negro when I was moralizing over the misfortune of marrying a jackass.   [Please select]

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"We change with the passing years," said Kellogg, in a moralizing tone, which recalled his former vocation.   [Please select]

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"There is something so beautiful in unselfishness," said Daisy, in a rather prim, moralizing little tone.   [Please select]

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It is characteristic of such an unphilosophical race to hold on firmly to Christianity--they NEED its discipline for "moralizing" and humanizing.   [Please select]

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