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preach English

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preach Verb

— When someone preaches, he gives a speech or sermon before a group of people. This speech is usually related to religion. Reverend Mather preached a one-hour sermon on the Book of John in church today

preach

— verb deliver a sermon The minister is not preaching this Sunday — verb (= advocate) speak, plead, or argue in favor of The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house

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teach sermon advocate sermonize proclaim lecture moralize give a sermon explain exhort announce sermonise prophesy preachify orate harangue declare tell speak propagate pontificate persuade expound evangelize educate discourse voice transmit translate tell forth talk summon state spout speechify reprimand recite rebuke rave rant pulpiteer publish propound propagandize profess perpetuate peace narrate mouth off make public

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Simple sentences

The main duty of a priest is to preach in church.
During the reign of Nero the Apostles Peter and Paul were killed, who had come to Rome to preach.
Admirable! Don't preach although you know a lot better.
Preach what you do, and do what you preach.
Practice what you preach.
It's not fitting to preach among the ravens.
You know very well that they don't want to, and won't, listen to you. Why preach to deaf ears?

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I only have three days before I am resurrected, but in that time I will preach here to you in America.
I go to preach the great Crusade.
Don't preach that cheap, second-hand stuff to me.
We preach the virtue of avoiding excesses of every kind.
I got nothing to preach about no more, that's all.
He wouldn't know what to talk about when it come time to get up to preach.
If you preach the rules of the game while they use every foul and filthy trick against you, they'll laugh at you.
They don't preach!
Why did I preach self-sacrifice?
Well, don't preach wisdom to me.
He was referring to the ardent love with which we should preach God's word.
I can't wait to go preach.
You'll have to preach and work among the poor. Preach, work.
It's not like we haven't seen each other like this before. Right? Preach.
Preach to yourself.
Teach. preach. Screech.
He may think I've a mouthful of clover and can't preach. but even the Bishop wouldn't do a thing like this to me.
And the Bishop thought I couldn't preach.
And the Bishop's duty is to pray and preach and to see that all the clergymen who are under his.
At least they didn't preach at me.
Well, don't preach wisdom to me. You talk about him as if he had occasional bad manners.
And he commanded us to preach to all men his holy word.
Preach us a sermon, Logan!
If you're gonna preach I'll walk.
The Bishop may have a grudge against me. He may think I've a mouthful of clover and can't preach. but even the Bishop wouldn't do a thing like this to me.
At least they don't preach to me.
I hope you're not going to preach to me! That's not my intention.
Don't be too impatient with me. You won't have to hear me preach to you much longer.
Or, as near as one could ask, to the era in which the carpenter of Nazareth went forth to preach his message.
First that I may preach the word of God truly and you hear it let us bow our heads to Him who said: 'Whatsoever you ask the Father in my name He will give it you'.
To preach the truth in the face of falsehood!
By what you preach, none.
Earp, I didn't come along to hear you preach a sermon.

News and current affairs

That is what happened in the second half of the 1990's, as the IMF began to preach capital-account liberalization, applied over-stringent fiscal remedies during the Asian financial crisis, and single-handedly tried to reshape Asian economies.
Do not follow the encomiums of US special interests, whether in the corporate or financial arena, because, although they preach free markets, back home they rely on the US government to advance their aims.
This means that governments need to practice what they preach.
The most extreme preach the ideas of Al Qaeda and their ideological brethren.
I do not know how many Islamic leaders preach murder and mayhem in mosques and help recruit suicide bombers from among their congregants; but even if it is only a handful, they pose a question that must be answered.
Europe cannot preach cultural pluralism and practice constitutional imperialism.
After all, emerging economies cannot reasonably be expected to support institutions that offer unfair advantages to countries that so often preach the importance of meritocracy, competition, and transparency.
Banning such materials has an aesthetic appeal, to be sure, and public figures who preach violence should always be condemned.
It has become fashionable among politicians to preach the virtues of pain and suffering, no doubt because those bearing the brunt of it are those with little voice - the poor and future generations.
Opposing parties use the same weapons, develop comparable tactics, and preach increasingly similar ideals.
They are not necessarily religious leaders; in the Balkans and elsewhere, they are nationalists who preach the superiority of one nationality over others.
His administration may preach the virtues of individual responsibility, but its program makes no provision for how and where the government is going to secure the resources needed to finance its promises.
For the French, Sarkozy's determination to act, despite the odds, seems far superior to the passive cynicism of those who preach abstention or satisfy themselves with empty words.
For the model is non-Western, and the Chinese do not preach to others about democracy.
The effect is to increase their distrust of those who preach about human rights, making it much more difficult than ever before for the US to rally support for human rights in much of the world.
One cannot preach what one does not fully practice.
We cannot continue to preach to others values that we no longer practice with rigor.
When states preach virtues they do not practice, or set lower hurdles for allies, trading partners, or co-religionists than they do for others, irritation and non-cooperation are the least they can expect.
Even a tolerant country such as Sweden must not tolerate those who preach intolerance.
He will continue, instead, to preach against the evils of secular society and the dangerous temptations of liberalism.
In calling upon the world's nuclear powers to preach by example and dramatically reduce their nuclear arsenals, the article was also a call for equality among nations in the nuclear domain.
But challengers like China and India are in no position to preach.
As part of the trade-off, terrorist leaders who are officially under house arrest - like Maulana Masood Azhar and Hafiz Saeed - remain able to open offices, address rallies, and preach jihad freely.

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