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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sermonize.

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Examples

  • “The Anglican tradition,” Morris-Kliment sermonizes, “teaches the idea that all of life is deeply sacramental.”

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • “You find your meaning in community,” Warren declares as he sermonizes on small groups.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Wright Jr., who sermonizes about how the CIA did this and or did that invent aids, introduce crack to kill African Americans, etc.

    The Obama Family And The CIA 2009

  • Wright Jr., who sermonizes about how the CIA did this and or did that invent aids, introduce crack to kill African Americans, etc.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » The Obama Family And The CIA 2009

  • Between fist-pumping sing-alongs, Osteen sermonizes from his podium (not pulpit, mind you).

    GOOD Magazine: Joel Osteen: God, Without The Fuss 2008

  • She came back from a dry spell in the 1980s with the single "No Pain, No Gain," in which she sermonizes about love and bounces her voice into the upper register.

    Underground R&B 2008

  • This post condemns the "bad taste and complete lack of decorum demonstrated by the Democrats" and sermonizes that "intellectual differences are debated with respect and reason."

    When does the "self-correcting" blogosphere start to self-correct? Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • This post condemns the "bad taste and complete lack of decorum demonstrated by the Democrats" and sermonizes that "intellectual differences are debated with respect and reason."

    Archive 2006-02-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • That is why not a single person who ever sermonizes righteously about the traitors at the Times can ever identify what ought to be the first fact that is identified when accusing someone of harming national security -- namely, the disclosure of facts which (a) would enable the terrorists to avoid surveillance detection and (b) was not previously known.

    The most fact-free accusation yet - the "treason" of the New York Times Glenn Greenwald 2006

  • We live in a society where someone like Jerry Falwell (speaking yesterday on behalf of Republicans), with influence over millions, sermonizes about the sanctity of life and with hardly a pause, continues by adding that he agrees with George Bush about the war.

    Bush Shock 2006

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