preach
verb (used with object)
to proclaim or make known by sermon (the gospel, good tidings, etc.).
were preaching
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past progressiveof preach.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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All week Gonzalez said the coaches were preaching the lesson learned from last season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
This advice is a departure from what etiquette experts were preaching before the pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
We’d try to get away from things in the scripts that felt too on-the-nose or like we were preaching.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
In other words, the Iranians were preaching to the choir.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2018
While Rabbis were discoursing in the synagogues of Tiberias and Babylon, Christian orators were preaching in the basilicas of Constantinople and Rome.
From Hebrew Literature by Epiphanius Wilson
