How to Use preach in a Sentence

preach

verb
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  • The mayor continues to preach about the need for patience.
  • His followers listened to him preach the gospel.
  • Practice what you preach—don't smoke if you tell your children not to smoke.
  • The minister preached to the congregation about the need for tolerance.
  • I don't like being preached at about how I should live my life.
  • Have you ever heard that minister preach?
  • Their mother has always preached the value of a good education.
  • The priest preached a regular sermon that Sunday.
  • Coach Daboll and the whole staff preach that all the time.
    — Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Thank you to our fans who preached the gospel from the start.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Now, preach to us again how Trump is the threat to democracy.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2024
  • Paul is brought to preach in the Areopagus, for centuries the center of civic life in the city.
    — Jack Butler, National Review, 7 May 2023
  • The coaches preach defense, but there isn’t much of it being played.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2022
  • Your audience is here to listen and learn, not to be preached to.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Blanchard was called to preach in 2009 but stepped away from ministry a few years ago.
    — Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 23 Oct. 2022
  • The ad campaign isn't intended to preach or shame or scare.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2020
  • As for Polman, the former would-be priest is still preaching.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
  • So Casey has to preach trying to win, knowing his team is likely to lose most nights.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • In the meantime, cube owners will continue to preach of the joys of tungsten cubes.
    — NBC News, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Ranged against them are the youngsters, who preach a gospel of change and diversity.
    — Dan Cryer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • He’s been preaching that because there’s a lot of Hog support there.
    — Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 3 May 2023
  • Locke said churches that preach about race are making the problem worse.
    — Justin Sherman, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Mahito cannot preach care to a starving pelican; the bird has no choice but to hunt.
    — Moeko Fujii, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
  • This is not a new issue for pastors who seek to faithfully preach the Word.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 10 Mar. 2021
  • And then there were the evangelical Christians who helped with the flash mops, but who also liked to preach from the steps.
    — Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Does this image show Christians gathering in Ukraine to preach the gospel in 2022?
    — Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Drumwright tried to preach a message of resilience Sunday.
    — Rick Rojas, Star Tribune, 2 Nov. 2020
  • And while Putin preached unity and support for the war among Russian people, the discord in his ranks grew stronger.
    — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • Her father was too ill to preach on the last Sunday in October.
    — Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Baskerville was sent to Iran in 1907 by the Presbyterian church to teach English and preach the gospel.
    — Reza Aslan, Time, 8 Oct. 2022

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