Example Sentences

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I certainly did not tut moralistically over it, but at the same time I was not entirely sure, at the age of 11, about how to think about such things.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2018

It does not mean . . . that writers should write moralistically, like preachers.

From Time • Oct. 12, 2015

Divided into chapters, “Soft in the Head” builds — a tad moralistically — to a finale in which the protagonist is confronted with the selfishness of her self-destruction.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2014

If he were himself less moralistically earnest the spice of the jest would disappear.

From One Hundred Best Books by Powys, John Cowper