preach
verb (used with object)
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
have been preaching
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present perfect progressiveof preach.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Still, dovish policymakers who have been preaching greater caution in raising borrowing costs and warning about the risk of financial instability felt vindicated by the recent market turbulence, the source said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 15, 2023
That is effectively what I have been preaching for a decade, the idea that 50 percent of the closet is dead to you.
From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2022
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Washington Capitals have been preaching all season about the tools they have to win.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2019
Turner, Paiotti and fellow senior Baylor LaPointe have been preaching the Law of Attraction — a belief that positive or negative experiences can be brought about by corresponding thoughts — to their teammates since September.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2018
I have been preaching some Sunday-evening sermons to the merchants.
From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth
