How to Use profess in a Sentence

profess

verb
  • They profess loyalty to the king.
  • He professes confidence in his friend.
  • Red Hook can be a sort of backdrop for the many who profess to love it.
    New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022
  • But the Times’s Michael Schmidt professed to be quite confident that wasn’t the case.
    Andrew Prokop, Vox, 24 Sep. 2018
  • That's right, her boyfriend from three years ago flew halfway around the world to profess his love to her.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
  • In the first scene, a young man and a young woman profess their love for each other.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Some chapters sample the tropes and tones of their professed genre.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019
  • But Biden has professed comfort with and even support for the idea.
    John Fund, National Review, 8 Mar. 2020
  • No one spends $44 billion to profess their love for free speech.
    Bybradley Tusk, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Psychics professed to know where searchers could find Jaryd.
    Miles Blumhardt, The Denver Post, 9 June 2019
  • One movie Zaslav has publicly professed his love for: The Flash.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Next the camera cuts to Lauren's house, where Arie's going to profess his love and try to get her back.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The guys have to profess their love to Michelle while spinning in the g-force simulator.
    Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2021
  • But Kazee was months ahead of Dewan to profess his love publicly.
    Kendall Trammell, CNN, 6 June 2019
  • The wild card, as has been the case since Trump professed in early 2018 that trade wars are good and easy to win, is what happens in U.S.-China trade talks.
    Stan Choe and Damian J. Troise, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2019
  • But McConnell professes to be on the side of the protesters.
    Josh Rogin, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Fauci, who retired at the end of December, professed to be in the dark about when and how Moss’ plans changed.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 22 June 2023
  • Abbott since has had turnover in staff, and Larson professed hope for the future.
    Peggy Fikac, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2018
  • And those who professed about making change have not come up with answers.
    Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Soon even members of the Politburo were professing their love for it.
    The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Many on the social media site fumed at Kanye for professing his love of Trump.
    Fernando Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
  • In the caption, Khloé professed her love for Tristan in emoji form.
    Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Feb. 2019
  • Which led to a mix of stars sharing their love for style and while some were professing their love for others.
    André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2023
  • What better way to profess your love than with tattoo ink?
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 11 July 2022
  • Even those who profess not to like cats usually love Tig.
    Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Others chime in to call the media the enemy of the people and profess their love for Donald Trump.
    Emily Yahr, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Along the way, Kesha swore off jerks at least a half-dozen times, and professed her gratitude to her fans at least three dozen times.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Oct. 2017
  • What happened to holding up a sign professing your love for pop stars?
    Lindsey V Thompson, Teen Vogue, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Yet, Vance professes to be agnostic even today on this point.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 Sep. 2024
  • British songstress Adele professed her love for Raygun to concertgoers.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2024

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