Sentence examples for moralistic misery from inspiring English sources

Steve McQueen's "Shame," with the ubiquitous Michael Fassbender as a sex-addicted yuppie (is that still what they're called?), has received a lot of attention for its frankness, but I think it and its admirers confuse moralistic misery with honesty.

Other people get moralistic.

What misery?

Misery sells.

Her misery creates more misery.

"But he's not moralistic.

Misery & Sin.

Her father is frustrated, moralistic.

In fact, Machiavelli was a moralistic thinker.

The best analyses are not moralistic.

The letters were also explicitly moralistic.