I sort of messed it up, because I didn't want to sound too camp and preachy, which is my problem in most of my prose and even poetry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Fiction: Snowflake Angel] Reference

Both children and adults tend to dislike "preachy" people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writing A Children's Book, How To Start] Reference

Are we going to hear him do that kind of preachy thing again?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart] Reference

Some worry about 'preachy' or 'judgmental' or 'extreme' vegetarians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kathy Freston: A Few More 'Inconvenient Truths'] Reference

And I make sure that I'm not doing it in a real kind of preachy manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2005] Reference

And please PLEASE do not dismiss advocacy for these issues as being "preachy".    From Wordnik.com.  [Foodies Try To Shove Their Picks For Ag Secretary Down Obama's Throat] Reference

The two big knocks of the movie was its camera work and its "preachy" message.    From Wordnik.com.  [District 9 - What Did You Think? | /Film] Reference

I usually only get this "preachy" on my devotional blog, but Karyn asked, and this is me.    From Wordnik.com.  [5 things you may not know about me!] Reference

It's kind of preachy and her "aren't we the coolest family EVER?" tone can get more than a little annoying.    From Wordnik.com.  [What I'm Reading] Reference

But she pulls it off; her characters – including the villains - are compelling, not "preachy" or "wooden.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Join the Party: Why You Should Celebrate Rand’s 100th, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Even though the theme of Catholicism runs through every story, none are "preachy" or purposely evangelical in nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Karina Fabian Virtual Book Tour] Reference

Male piercings, black gloves, what Newell calls "preachy".    From Wordnik.com.  [Cokemachineglow.com] Reference

"No one wants a movie that is a 'preachy' film," said Abrams.    From Wordnik.com.  [TrekToday] Reference

Do you think a mass holiday e-mail message is too "preachy" or in poor taste?.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

But as soon as a movie gets "preachy" (in ANY direction) it is ruined for me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Everybody says this movie was 'preachy' and was supposed to be shaming the previous US administration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference

Speaking on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, Ms Short described Mr Blair as "preachy", adding.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

"We're not preachy," says spokeswoman Pamela Evans.    From Wordnik.com.  [BeliefWatch: Edutainment] Reference

You don't need to be preachy or somber about your errors.    From Wordnik.com.  [HOW TO BE A GOOD LEADER] Reference

I didn ` t want it to be this sanctimonious, preachy thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2005] Reference

But the Seattle coalition sure could sound -- well, preachy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Playing To The Crowd] Reference

The messaging about good food skews toward preachy and righteous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Anya Fernald on eating real] Reference

It's at once manipulative and preachy, degraded and inspirational.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sam Fuller, Embodying The Best Of Pulp Fiction] Reference

Although it can be a little preachy, it's great from start to finish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Music For The Soul] Reference

He is as preachy as ever and refers to himself grandly as "Gorbachev.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Gorbachev: Capitalist Tool] Reference

Are you buying his argument this time around that he ` s not a preachy guy?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 2, 2008] Reference

The stock charge is that a punchy first half is followed by a preachy second.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into the Woods] Reference

The Whigs were also preachy and rectitudinous in ways that seem very familiar now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Perot Wax The Democrats?] Reference

Though he's over the top and preachy, he's a refreshing voice of reason and truth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janet Turley: Mad Men Season 4, Ep 9: The Beautiful Girls] Reference

How do you do that without being corny or preachy, or how do you do it and just talk?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joan Jett Rumbles Back with 'Sinner'] Reference

But the book is a tad preachy, and not as compelling as his first novel, "The Last Girl.".    From Wordnik.com.  [SNAP JUDGMENT: BOOKS] Reference

LISA BLOOM, COURT TV: He's long-winded, repetitive and preachy, and that's on a good day.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2007] Reference

A modest man of great integrity, he managed to impart his wisdom without being too preachy.    From Wordnik.com.  [50 Years On, 'Mockingbird' Still Sings America's Song] Reference

Cook, 53, has always been known as brilliant but bumptious, preachy and unrelievedly direct.    From Wordnik.com.  [Messy, But Methodical] Reference

Coming out of that whole initial incident, everybody thought that he was being really preachy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 2, 2008] Reference