However, there is no point in hectoring others to adopt something that for a variety of reasons is unacceptable to them. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Verb (used with object) : The teacher hectored his students incessantly. From Dictionary.com.
David Cameron has said it would be wrong for him to "hector" Chinese politicians and business leaders over human rights. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Go hector someone else with your irrelevant yarns. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Pro-Slavery] Reference
Wow, another privileged group to hector and tax more!. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
December 20th, 2005 at 11: 14 pm daniels hector says. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Fitzgerald: Crossing Ts, Dotting Is] Reference
No! He went on TV to hector the British into not retaliating. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Showing how little he understands about Britain, hector writes. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Israel’s Irrealism on Settlements] Reference
You tell posters not to hector you about how you cast your vote. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central Morning Roundup] Reference
They hector and bully, they censor and deny, they stifle and accuse. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Will I get a packet in the mail explaining the procedure? hector says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » How a Self-Executing Rule Works] Reference
But the adults shouted at them to shut up, and continued to hector Xiaofang. From Wordnik.com. [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]
Would love to have him on the show and will hector him Brabazon-style to be on. From Wordnik.com. [Letter to America] Reference
We soon got back into the old way, and now we hector one another just as before. From Wordnik.com. [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference
This is too freaking dangerous. sam. [email protected] hector. [email protected]. From Wordnik.com. [Is Calderon winning or losing this war?] Reference
Here is a look at this question from someone who actually knows Paris. hector Says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Charles Murray Sees Nonwhite People] Reference
You might as well don a sweater and hector us about America's "malaise" in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Lionel Beehner: Obama's Ideas on Foreign Policy Lack Luster] Reference
He then tried to hector and bully, and finding that of no use, he appealed to the guard. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
He is playing it cool, as he should, avoiding the hegemon's temptation to hector others. From Wordnik.com. [David Hoffman: The I-Factor] Reference
The GOP had a long dress rehearsal in how to hector and pick at a First Lady with Hillary. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Hatin' on Michelle] Reference
But Mr. Geithner is unlikely to hector Beijing about the yuan very much during this visit. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. to Urge China to Shop, Not Save] Reference
I have never agreed with hector more (mind you, i have possibly never agreed with hector). From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Brie Factor] Reference
Dr. Xia tried to reason with him, but the son continued to hector him in a quivering voice. From Wordnik.com. [WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA]
Hillary will do a better role as a leader of the best country of the world than him. hector. From Wordnik.com. [Angry Clinton supporters tell party leaders: 'Let's go McCain!'] Reference
Chicken Little passed Katy by as if she did not exist, and Katy lost no opportunity to hector her. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
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