moralize
verb (used without object)
to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
am moralizing
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present progressiveof moralize (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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While I am moralizing I might as well give my readers the benefit of it.
From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot
If it is moralizing to see the truth and tell it to you, then I am moralizing.
From Look Back on Happiness by Wiking, Paula
But I forget that I am moralizing in the most interesting part of my tale, and your looks remind me to proceed.
From Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
