Example sentences for: preach

How can you use “preach” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As Theroux describes Bunt's speculations about Hung's guilt, he succumbs to the urge to preach: "The evidence was not in the room, the evidence was missing--that stark neatness was the proof that a bloody crime had been committed.

  • Most other Christian conservative groups don't preach such an extreme vision for their ideal society, but they similarly abhor compromise.

  • The most vociferous journalistic critics of the president preach it round or preach it flat when it comes to these kinds of contacts.

  • How can we preach such an absolute message to kids all day at school or on television and expect them to ignore our social behaviors every evening?

  • dark, ominous and pretentious" (Jeff Giles, Newsweek ) … "an unoriginal warming over of a skimpy Japanese production … an innocuous, if lengthy, commercial" (Michael O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ) … "its efforts to preach nonviolence while exploiting it are both patronizing and hypocritical" (Jack Mathews, the Daily News ) … "idiotic" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). Many reviewers admit that they're powerless to influence the target audience and predict (correctly) that the film will be a huge hit no matter what they say.


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