How to Use preachy in a Sentence

preachy

adjective

• We were put off by the speaker's preachy tone.
• Some of the plot points feel a little clunky; a few of the monologues get preachy.
  — Margaret Gray, latimes.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• The results should by all rights have been preachy in the extreme.
  — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 3 May 2018
• Few films have captured in such a thrilling, non-preachy way the essence of Black Pride.
  — John Blake, CNN, 19 June 2022
• This is not meant to be a preachy post or to try to tell anyone to do anything.
  — Lisa Desantis, Health.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• But the artist did a good job of mixing in his hits with his message so that the night didn't feel too preachy.
  — John-John Williams Iv, baltimoresun.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Everyone is so afraid to be earnest or afraid to be like preachy or teach-y.
  — Kate Stanhope, latimes.com, 10 June 2018
• In their eyes, by contrast, the West appears fickle and preachy.
  — The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
• L'Engle was a Christian, and that's evident here, too, though not in a preachy way.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2020
• Talking about climate change can be bleak and, at its worse, preachy.
  — Allie Wist, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2019
• Such is the case with Kossakovsky’s film, which is not preachy but leaves it up to the viewer to discern a message.
  — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• At times, the film’s insistence on linking the silent to the sacred can border on preachy.
  — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 22 June 2017
• And use your voice in a way that doesn’t feel preachy or overly didactic.
  — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 16 Feb. 2018
• Ms. Egan, a hospice chaplain, has a down-to-earth, never-preachy style.
  — Diane Cole, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2017
• But Menashe is wise not to be preachy, or to make sweeping judgments about Hasidic life.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2017
• All that may sound like a recipe for something big, bloated and preachy, but Monae keeps her hips at the forefront.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• The stereotype of the endlessly preachy vegan is past its sell-by date.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
• And, also bearing the Harvard stamp, the preachy former mayor of a college town.
  — Matthew Scully, National Review, 23 Jan. 2020
• That theme and the anti-bullfighting message, so subtle in the book, are made bolder in the film, but never preachy.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• Not to get too food preachy (because, honestly, who’s going to listen to a guy who drinks his beer on ice)?
  — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appétit, 30 July 2019
• To put a face to the agriculture—put it within a product and serve it to people—without being so preachy about it.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 17 Oct. 2019
• Curtain Call: Without being too preachy, this is the kind of show that draws me personally to Fringe.
  — Trevor Fraser, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 May 2017
• Now that the preachy warning is over, here’s the awesome news: Libraries all over the country are giving out free eclipse-viewing glasses.
  — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 28 June 2017
• Scan the second and third tiers, where the candidates have been a little bland and preachy, and possibilities abound.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 30 July 2019
• Without even turning preachy, for that matter, though the drama gets its thunderclap of a start from a sermon.
  — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• But Dave Johns, in his first starring role as 59-year-old Daniel, is so human, so real, that Loach's film never becomes too preachy.
  — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 8 June 2017
• Every episode wrapped up with a bow, was a little preachy and was trying to say something about society and young people.
  — Craig Tomashoff, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2017
• For all the drama and turmoil of Delphine's story, however, the tone of the film is never preachy or obvious.
  — Piers Marchant, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2021
• Legend walks the line nicely, never sounding preachy, naive or ill-informed.
  — John Adamian, courant.com, 14 June 2017
• Dramas can tend to feel a little preachy, but in a horror movie, there's an element of cheekiness.
  — Jessica Klein, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024