Preaching is an English word with synonyms like sermon or speech. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Preaching in a sentence
Related words
Preaching meaning
present participle and gerund of preach
Using Preaching
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of preach
- Useful related words include: sermon, speech, discourse, address.
- In the example corpus, preaching often appears in combinations such as: preaching to, preaching the, preaching and.
Context around Preaching
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 12 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Preaching
- In this selection, "preaching" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, apostolic, dynamic, stop, nor, ars and style stand out and add context to how "preaching" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and brimstone preaching in the and art of preaching. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "preaching" sits close to words such as alternating, ashamed and bleak, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with preaching
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He even started preaching when he was 14. (8 words)
Chris L. Nighman, "Commonplaces on preaching among commonplaces for preaching? (10 words)
And I’ve been practicing what Zetlin has been preaching. (10 words)
But even worse than this unworthy Jesuit are those who protect him while persecuting good priests who are guilty, in their eyes, of preaching in accord with the deposit of faith that Christ taught and the Church guards. (38 words)
Bishop Wamika, who was preaching during the Ash Wednesday Mass held at Parliament, said that Christians should not fear life after death if they have lived in honor of God and performed prayer, fasting and alms giving. (37 words)
God has given us all a gift, some of us have the gift of preaching, teaching or prophesying, but for Conrad, it was the gift of caring for children and the elderly. (32 words)
Chris L. Nighman, "Commonplaces on preaching among commonplaces for preaching? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
Chris L. Nighman, "Commonplaces on preaching among commonplaces for preaching?
He would not stop preaching, nor dissolve the societies, nor end preaching by lay members.
Irenaeus also wrote The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching (also known as Proof of the Apostolic Preaching), an Armenian copy of which was discovered in 1904.
One of Alan’s most popular and widely distributed works is his manual on preaching, Ars Praedicandi, or The Art of Preaching.
Though this sermon has been widely reprinted as an example of " fire and brimstone " preaching in the colonial revivals, this is not in keeping with Edward's actual preaching style.
Western Massachusetts has had a rich evangelical tradition including Jonathan Edwards preaching in Northampton as well as C.I. Scofield 's preaching in Northfield.
According to insiders Gen. Muhoozi is furious with his aides because these developments portray him as someone who is preaching water while drinking wine.
And I’ve been practicing what Zetlin has been preaching.
Billy Graham was an American evangelist and prominent who rose to international fame in the mid-20th century for his dynamic preaching and mass revival meetings.
Bishop Wamika, who was preaching during the Ash Wednesday Mass held at Parliament, said that Christians should not fear life after death if they have lived in honor of God and performed prayer, fasting and alms giving.
But even worse than this unworthy Jesuit are those who protect him while persecuting good priests who are guilty, in their eyes, of preaching in accord with the deposit of faith that Christ taught and the Church guards.
But leaning out of her balcony, she hears the dynamic preaching of Paul and decides on a radically different path.
But while Washington continues its pro-forma advocacy of a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, it seems increasingly to be preaching in the wilderness.
Dr M’membe has been cited to be preaching a militia type of politics that stands to destabilise the country’s peace as it stands on rebellion politics.
Every applied economist has some sense that the argument in this book is right, but almost nobody comes close to fully practicing what Ziliak and McCloskey are preaching.
God has given us all a gift, some of us have the gift of preaching, teaching or prophesying, but for Conrad, it was the gift of caring for children and the elderly.
He even started preaching when he was 14.
In response, he established a brand-new congregation at the Central Church of Christ, where he and his son Clifford carried on preaching until his passing.
In this do-around, we have Frank (DeVito) explaining (more like preaching) to Mac (McElhenney) what makes Philly fans so special and why an Eagles victory means so much to them.
In verse 11, there was an allegation made against Paul stating that he had preached the necessity of circumcision but was now preaching a different message.
Common combinations with preaching
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- preaching to 19×
- preaching the 19×
- preaching and 17×
- been preaching 14×
- preaching in 10×
- of preaching 9×
- was preaching 9×
- be preaching 8×
- preaching at 8×
- and preaching 7×