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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Since being hired as coach, Redick has preached a perspective that values process ahead of results, and his team creating and taking the right kind of threes has been a major priority in the preseason.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Dec 2024