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
Televangelists such as Jimmy Swaggart, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, and Kenneth Copeland were preaching fire and brimstone and the importance of tithing.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2025
This advice is a departure from what etiquette experts were preaching before the pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
If I were preaching the story of Dinah, I might simply ask, “How do you think she felt?”
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2018
But at the time William Boen was born some of the Quakers did hold slaves, though many of their members were preaching against it.
From The Freedmen's Book by Lydia Maria Francis Child
