Moralise
[mɔrәlaiz;]
Examples
- There was a general moralising upon Pressure, in every street. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Here is an opportunity for moralising! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Not one of your stiff-laced, moralising fathers, who preach chastity and forbearance to their children. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The black teapot, being very small and easily filled, ran over while Mrs. Corney was moralising; and the water slightly scalded Mrs. Corney's hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Moralising in this strain, Mr. Samuel Weller bent his steps towards the booking-office. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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