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
“All week we were preaching, ‘Let’s come in there with that fire and just get after it and see what happens.’”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
In other words, the Iranians were preaching to the choir.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2018
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
Thus, while one party was rejoicing in their temporal gain, the other was rejoicing in temporal loss; and while the former were preaching liberty of conscience as their creed, the latter were martyrs to it.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
