Sentences with phrase «of preachy»

And yet, maybe it's just me, but the video from the UNEP that Moses and Levitt use to argue their point seems to fall into exactly the kind of preachy, sanctimonious «I know what's good for you tone» that they claim we should avoid.

It downplayed uncertainties, it didn't take opposing arguments seriously, (I think) it was kind of preachy, etc..

«Posting about climate change and a green conscience may strike some as preachy, and we at the Gopher have to confess a great deal of pickiness when it comes to reading up on it... Franke James is the opposite of preachy.

Sometimes the art world actually lags behind society, and the bursting of its preachy - self - indulgence bubble follows rather than leads the collapse of the economy's credit bubble by a couple of years.

His emergence coincided with a spate of preachy conceptual art about identity politics, the body and sex, much of it visually meager.

Former «One Tree Hill» star Chad Michael Murray is circling a role in «Left Behind», the Nicolas Cage - starring remake of the preachy religious thriller fronted by Kirk Cameron.

He's a thin character that stands out in the otherwise no - nonsense fast - cutting action of the film's investigative thread, and he's saddled with the majority of the preachy life - lesson monologues as the film nears its conclusion.

But Zhao's restrained, unsentimental style is the opposite of preachy, which makes it all too easy to underappreciate the sublimity of her achievement.

Even one of the preachy Duggar family kids was exposed.

Even Satanists have better manners than some of those preachy Christians.

Not exact matches

Then there's just the simple joy of how «Blockers» manages to be educational about how to navigate sex and consent without ever becoming preachy or dull.

I read the Big Book for my counseling class, and it is one of the most preachy books I have read along with the Bible.

They've also been accused of being more preachy than cinematic.

As a Christian, I don't mean to sound «preachy» but the truth will always prevail, regardless of how we feel or think.

I'm a residual Catholic with agnostic / atheist leanings, but honestly... one of the biggest gripes about religious folks that agnostics have is that they're obnoxious and preachy.

It was too preachy, too obvious, and too much of an imitation of secular music.

We were afraid to speak of religious things or to make biblical references, lest we sound moralistic or preachy.

jeff - I forgot to add that those same work - oriented Christians I do charity alongside seem to share my lack of appreciation for the way preachy Christians have a habit of disappearing every so often to «chat» with clients in a corner, or in the parking lot.

Bright does a solid job of exploring how people with social and financial power can and do abuse those who have none, but at no point does the experience become preachy.

I apologize ahead of time for taking a preachy, serious, sad tone.

you are becoming preachy instead of having a back and forth conversation... you didn't answer any of my questions nor did you provide anything to be used as an argument for my @ssertion that satan is a creation of the middle ages and its need for a reason why such horrors have befallen them and they didn't want it to be god that did these things so...

Why do these preachy Neocons think only they know the will of God?

It is hard to gauge how this plays with the intended audience, though Sarna often tries to anticipate the reactions of his daughter and her friends» mostly rolling their eyes, occasionally «howling objections»» to statements that diverge from conventional liberal doctrine or sound preachy.

All of this is true; yet in common parlance «to preach at someone,» «to give someone a sermon,» or «to sound preachy» are decidedly pejorative expressions.

She has a unique way of bringing serious issues to us without being preachy, self - serving or unkind to those of us who are struggling to do the right thing when it comes to eating and respecting animals.

I don't mean to sound preachy, of course.

Her skin shone with the pink glow of iron and oxygen - rich blood, she guffawed with great glee and was the last person one would consider «stuffy» or «preachy.»

Its not a preachy book and I don't feel guilty about not using rice flour or nut milk; my shopping bill is still cheaper even with some of the more weird ingredients on it.

While the book is based on the LLLI philosophy of breastfeeding, it isn't preachy.

That way they can borrow the ethical weight of the story without being accused of getting preachy.

My cries for change were met with constant negativity from my parents, accusing me of being too preachy, too crunchy, or too unrealistic.

Never preachy, THE VEGETARIAN FAMILY COOKBOOK is a down - to - earth, straightforward guide to making healthier choices, including a slew of great reasons to go vegetarian (for both personal and planetary well - being), as well as reasons why choosing organic products is always best.

I get very tired of people who are preachy about wasting food.

5 This headline seems quite promising, but a closer look at the article reveals preachy warnings to stay away from «harmful» saturated fats (sorry, kids, no zinc - rich red meat or full - fat dairy products) and bland advice telling vegetarian teens to forestall nutritional deficiencies by eating more soy foods.5 The popular press is rife with such articles, most of which star endlessly hungry teenage boys with nicknames like «The Gaping Maw.»

«[One of the] best books of 2017... In The State of Affairs, Perel explores a vast landscape of the adulterous terrain... in a way that's deeply humane and never preachy.»

Plenty of Lego spoofs get thrown around, and the film's message of creativity and independent thought — though omnipresent — never comes off as preachy or overbearing.

Elisabeth Holm and Robespierre's screenplay is both quirky and grounded, gleaning pearls of wisdom about the toxicity of secrets in the face of truth without getting preachy.

To say she is not contributing to society through a more normative sense of responsibility would be too preachy for this film, but Complete Unknown does not shy away from showing us Alice in her eerily quiet moments of identity transformation.

The tone of the film feels preachy and tries to be something great, but the result is a film that is heavily flawed, and never reaches its potential.

My children fell asleep in this overly long, overly preachy, confusing mess of a movie.

As with «American History X,» Kaye's stance is obvious and moment to moment scenes are a bit preachy, but none of this detracts from the established tone and eventual takeaway of this socially conscience, effortlessly powerful movie.

Now don't get me wrong, the movie isn't all about some preachy PC message (not all of it anyway), there is some fun to be had.

Much of the rest of the film feels forced — from the preachy animated prologue, to obvious, basic themes about racial division, tension and hatred.

Although the film is a bit on the preachy side in an obvious way, it's difficult not to feel good about the women coming to terms with their own bodies and feeling proud of who they are.

It speaks to the universal truths of love, loss and soul - searching without being obvious or preachy.

Preachy, sketchy, disjunctive, and with a blistery, solarized sheen that makes it look microwaved rather than photographed, «Fair Game» is a movie that for the most part trades on the Wilsons» notoriety instead of delving into the heart of it.

Oliver Stone's Wall Street sequel was too preachy, and half of the movie was an infomercial promoting some form of clean energy.

The remarkable coming - of - age tale The Diary Of A Teenage Girl has every opportunity to be too much: Too quirky, too preachy, too icky, too clichof - age tale The Diary Of A Teenage Girl has every opportunity to be too much: Too quirky, too preachy, too icky, too clichOf A Teenage Girl has every opportunity to be too much: Too quirky, too preachy, too icky, too cliché.

It is a bit preachy and a little full of itself in regards to its message and theme, but is still an important and memorable story worth watching.

Inarrittu's narrative isn't quite as preachy, but either way, it's hard not to criticize the director for attempting to cash in on the award craze of both features, and star Brad Pitt seems to be following suit.