How to Use proselytize in a Sentence

proselytize

verb
  • He uses his position to proselytize for the causes that he supports.
  • Sikhism is a non-proselytizing faith that does not seek converts.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 4 May 2017
  • Smith proselytizes about love and lust, reading from the Book of Psalms.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Great tequila tends to earn converts, who then proselytize.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2025
  • But the one inviolable rule is that they are not allowed to proselytize.
    — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 30 May 2017
  • Their role is not to proselytize nor impose their personal views on anyone.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • But rather that politicians cannot proselytize for the confrontations.
    — Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Why did Carson feel so strongly the need to proselytize the wonders of wonder?
    — Anelise Chen, The Atlantic, 17 May 2022
  • In Marx and Engels's view, the phrase is used to proselytize worldwide class conflict.
    — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Their goal is not to proselytize; Jains don’t practice conversion.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2021
  • Mayahuel swiftly became one of the best mezcal bars in the country, and Ward would do as much as anyone to proselytize for it.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The idea is you’re supposed to go back to Australia and proselytize about America.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 6 Dec. 2018
  • This directive doesn’t ask us to proselytize other people.
    — Karina Bumatay, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The route to forgiveness runs through belief, or proselytizing.
    — Emma Goldberg Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • In the meantime, those who have boarded the crypto-train frequently proselytize to friends and family.
    — Teddy Wayne, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2017
  • Pesner added that the purpose of these chaplains is not to proselytize or intervene in people’s lives, but simply to be available at the polls.
    — Dallas News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • And the justices had to decide whether the First Amendment protected their right to proselytize like that.
    — Lillian Cunningham, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Whether Jews proselytized in this period and how much have been subjects of scholarly debate.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Ask him to stop sending you videos and other material from his faith and generally stop trying to proselytize you.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • Some nonreligious folks also see the church solution as nothing but an excuse for the faithful to proselytize.
    — Ericka Andersen, WSJ, 11 July 2019
  • In that sense, this is an essential document, though Johnson is not proselytizing.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • In the Mormon church, young adult men volunteer to leave home for proselytizing missions for two years and young women serve for 18 months.
    — Jillian Frankel, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • For the other Massachusetts millenials out there, Bertucci’s (and those of us who proselytize it) did get a shoutout.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Criers publicized events and proselytized Black Axe principles in flyers or emails.
    — Sean Williams, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • William made his request to proselytize through an interpreter, but the interpreter and the khan were drunk, and William did not get a definite answer.
    — Valerie Hansen, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Sophia Takal is a great director and Imogen Poots is a great actor, but this reimagining doth proselytize too much.
    — Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
  • While on the show, Quigley was a dance captain and a judge, and, the lawsuit alleges, often proselytizing her Christian beliefs.
    — Vulture, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The hand-waving, proselytizing Symon keeps up his energy like a preacher, one bringing home the gospel of healthy and flavorful eating.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The Visitor Complex, of course, is not reticent in its efforts to proselytize and promote.
    — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Best then, to use the campaign to proselytize for the party’s economic vision, and let Trump’s deficiencies speak for themselves.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 1 Nov. 2017

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