How to Use preach in a Sentence

preach

verb

• 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
• Jesus said go into all the world and preach the gospel.
  — al, 11 Aug. 2020
• Now, preach to us again how Trump is the threat to democracy.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 July 2024
• That’s what Wall Street is preaching — at least for now.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 3 Nov. 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
• But when a coach has to preach it and teach it, players must perform it.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2020
• The coaches preach defense, but there isn’t much of it being played.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 8 July 2022
• Churches, of which there were many, preached to full pews on Sundays.
  — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
• Your audience is here to listen and learn, not to be preached to.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• Now is not the time to preach to others if their opinions differ from yours.
  — oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2020
• Blanchard was called to preach in 2009 but stepped away from ministry a few years ago.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 23 Oct. 2022
• Neumann set the vision, collected the checks, preached the gospel.
  — Alison Griswold, Quartz, 24 Sep. 2019
• Of course, this should be done in a way to educate, share and inform, rather than preach.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
• 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
• And while raising me, that's always something she's preached to me.
  — Alicia Lee, CNN, 2 Feb. 2020
• 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
• Some civil rights leaders pointed to a stark contrast between the tactics of Trump and King, who preached nonviolence.
  — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
• Altman isn't the only entrepreneur preaching the career value of soft skills.
  — Megan Sauer, CNBC, 13 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 12 Feb 2025