moralize

That was the remarkable thing about Degrassi: there was very little moralizing.

He walked leisurely on, moralizing as he went, until he had passed Chatham Square, and had got into the somberer district below.

Shaking off the depressed mood, he submerged his moralizing nature, and lashed himself into a hearty share in the pleasure-making.

Of course there is much moralizing in this and a smoother movement than in a monologue by Browning.

The story of Grasshopper Green is full of lively humor and emphasizes the virtues of kindness and generosity without moralizing.

An auction of second-hands,—thus moralizing how the fashion of this world passeth away.