How to Use proselytize in a Sentence
proselytize
verb- He uses his position to proselytize for the causes that he supports.
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Smith proselytizes about love and lust, reading from the Book of Psalms.
—Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
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The challenge is to shine a light on the threat, without helping them to proselytize their views.
—Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2017
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In Marx and Engels's view, the phrase is used to proselytize worldwide class conflict.
—Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2020
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Mayahuel swiftly became one of the best mezcal bars in the country, and Ward would do as much as anyone to proselytize for it.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2021
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Why did Carson feel so strongly the need to proselytize the wonders of wonder?
—Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 17 May 2022
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And the justices had to decide whether the First Amendment protected their right to proselytize like that.
—Lillian Cunningham, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2018
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For some Christians, the path ahead is simple: Pray, proselytize and prepare your hearts.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022
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The idea is you’re supposed to go back to Australia and proselytize about America.
—Eric Johnson, Recode, 6 Dec. 2018
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Sikhism is a non-proselytizing faith that does not seek converts.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 4 May 2017
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Want: Ray Kurzweil to proselytize about climate change.
—David Dobbs, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2011
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But the one inviolable rule is that they are not allowed to proselytize.
—The New York Times, NOLA.com, 30 May 2017
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While on the show, Quigley was a dance captain and a judge, and, the lawsuit alleges, often proselytizing her Christian beliefs.
—Vulture, 1 Aug. 2023
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Pesner added that the purpose of these chaplains is not to proselytize or intervene in people’s lives, but simply to be available at the polls.
—Dallas News, 7 Nov. 2022
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William made his request to proselytize through an interpreter, but the interpreter and the khan were drunk, and William did not get a definite answer.
—Valerie Hansen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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In the meantime, those who have boarded the crypto-train frequently proselytize to friends and family.
—Teddy Wayne, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2017
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Their role is not to proselytize nor impose their personal views on anyone.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2022
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The television or movies that do very often proselytize.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 June 2023
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Their goal is not to proselytize; Jains don’t practice conversion.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2021
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Best then, to use the campaign to proselytize for the party’s economic vision, and let Trump’s deficiencies speak for themselves.
—Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 1 Nov. 2017
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The hand-waving, proselytizing Symon keeps up his energy like a preacher, one bringing home the gospel of healthy and flavorful eating.
—Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 29 Jan. 2018
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The Visitor Complex, of course, is not reticent in its efforts to proselytize and promote.
—Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
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Alabama’s coach is rarely shy about proselytizing from his bully pulpit, and, in fact, his stumping for a ninth conference game dates to 2012.
—USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
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Thus their only apparent interactions with non-Mormon Finns are the awkward ones of trying to proselytize to total strangers, whether on the street or going door-to-door.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
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By the end, the witnesses who’ve undergone these experiences are proselytizing, with beatific smiles, for the eternal life of the soul.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
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The LeBarons have long sought connections with fellow Mexicans to proselytize about their beliefs.
—Rebecca Janzen, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2019
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Larung Gar has become one of the most influential institutions in the Tibetan world, the teachings of its senior monks praised, debated and proselytized from here to the Himalayas.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2016
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This news painted Freeze, who had proselytized as a God-fearing and Jesus-loving man throughout his ascent in coaching, as a huckstering fraud.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2019
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There is the Oscar-winning actor who unabashedly proselytizes about the usefulness of the machines (Tom Hanks).
—Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 20 Sep. 2017
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The route to forgiveness runs through belief, or proselytizing.
—Emma Goldberg Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
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