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.
was moralizing
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past progressiveof moralize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Here Lady Hester assumed a peculiar tone, which she always put on whenever she fancied that she was moralizing.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
She had recovered a good deal while he was moralizing, and became interested.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
