PROFESS in a Sentence
Learn PROFESS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
178 example sentences for PROFESS, such as:
1. I don't profess to be clear about dates.
2. Well, I don't profess to understand it yet.
3. He had a deep mistrust of the legal profession.
4. I don't profess to be an expert in this subject.
5. Medicine is, by common assent, a good profession.
2. Well, I don't profess to understand it yet.
3. He had a deep mistrust of the legal profession.
4. I don't profess to be an expert in this subject.
5. Medicine is, by common assent, a good profession.
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Meanings and Examples of PROFESS
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profess
v. state freely
v. practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about
Classic Sentence: (134 in 9 pages)
1 "The little baggage hath witchcraft in her, I profess," said he to Mr. Dimmesdale.
2 I am convinced," said Edward, "that you really feel all the delight in a fine prospect which you profess to feel.
3 But, in return, your sister must allow me to feel no more than I profess.
4 I don't profess to be clear about dates.
5 Confiding in you at all, on the faith of the interest you profess for him, I will not do so by halves.
6 Well; all sorts of humbugs profess morality.
7 Well, I don't profess to understand it yet.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
Context Highlight In Chapter 5. Three Broken Threads
8 Let him, on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn at a glance to distinguish the history of the man, and the trade or profession to which he belongs.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
9 What is the use of having brains in our profession.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
10 Lanyon, you remember your vows: what follows is under the seal of our profession.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
11 From the House of Commons to the House of Correction, there is a general profession of morality, except among our people; it really is that exception which makes our people quite reviving.
12 In other respects, his profession and situation had taught him a ready command over his countenance, which he could contract at pleasure into solemnity, although its natural expression was that of good-humoured social indulgence.
13 Jesters and jugglers were not awanting, nor was the occasion of the assembly supposed to render the exercise of their profession indecorous or improper.
14 Yes, the profession is well enough under two circumstances: if it make the fortune, and there be discretion in spending it; but, in short, it is not a favourite profession of mine.
15 The profession, either navy or army, is its own justification.
Example Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
1 I don't profess to know all the details about the case.
2 I don't profess to be an expert in this subject.
3 I don't profess expert knowledge of/to be an expert in this subject.
4 Mainstream economists profess much puzzlement over the failure of the rate of productivity growth to accelerate so far in this decade.
5 We want all our students to achieve within their chosen profession.
6 It would appear that the legal profession is the nearest thing to a recession-proof industry.
7 The new drug has become the subject of heated debate within the medical profession.
8 Her ambition and dogged determination ensured that she rose to the top of her profession.
9 Such talented person echelon and specialized troop, for profession in rare.
10 Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
11 My profession had an important influence in the formation of my character and temperament.
12 Medicine is, by common assent, a good profession.
13 He had a deep mistrust of the legal profession.
14 My profession touches our national defense very closely.
15 His work was important in helping establish dentistry as a separate profession.