Profess in a sentence as a verb

And, while Democrats profess to want to help blacks, it is their actions and policies that are hurting them more.

Direct knowledge from people who are verified or profess to having the information that you seek.

Crass and insensitive but in line with everything I've ever heard him profess to believe.

No matter how much we profess to try - at heart, the consensus is still status-driven, and pedigrees matter.

This is what he had to say:"I found the video very informative technically, as well as being effective in countering many of the the arguments of those who profess to be against nuclear power in any form.

We might then not only find out the virtues and vices of persons with facility, but being also enabled to obtain ocular knowledge of the science they profess, we might judge of their skill with certainty; whereby those who are really clever and learned would be held in proper esteem.

Right now, most people don't see any obvious route towards living forever, and haven't even given that idea much thought; furthermore, most people likely don't see any benefit to their personally professing a belief otherwise, and professing such a belief goes contrary to social norms.

Profess definitions

verb

practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry"

verb

confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to their country"; "he professes to be a Communist"

verb

admit (to a wrongdoing); "She confessed that she had taken the money"

See also: concede confess

verb

state freely; "The teacher professed that he was not generous when it came to giving good grades"

verb

receive into a religious order or congregation

verb

take vows, as in religious order; "she professed herself as a nun"

verb

state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

See also: pretend