Professes
[prə'fesiz]
Examples
- There is a conception of education which professes to be based upon the idea of development. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He got all those pebbles on the sea shore, abreast the ship, but professes to have gathered them from one of our party. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He professes morality. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The culprit falters excuses, and professes a determination to do better tomorrow. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His visitor professes his regret to hear it and asks him does he remember Jo. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If she professes friendship, be certain she is sincere. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Is there any city which professes to have received laws from you, as Sicily and Italy have from Charondas, Sparta from Lycurgus, Athens from Solon? Plato. The Republic.
- The natural thing is, that the speaker should be some one like yourself who professes to know and can tell what he knows. Plato. The Republic.
- Artichoke professes his readiness so to do, endeavours to do so, but fails. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If he professes himself to be of any other, indeed, the law obliges him to leave the canton. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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