Professed

Examples

• He professed himself extremely anxious about her fair friendher fair, lovely, amiable friend. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The Captain did not in the least hear him or look at the stout gentleman in the nightcap, about whom he professed to have such a tender interest. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I professed myself convinced by it accordingly. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He professed himself more relieved and encouraged than he really was, and approached his second and last point. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Jerry hoarsely professed himself at Miss Pross's service. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Leinster, much as he professed to esteem, respect and love me, went out in a sailing-boat every morning, instead of walking about with me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I professed from the first to disregard dates. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. Helstone neither had, nor professed to have, Mr. Yorke's absorbing passion for her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This man pursued Miss Havisham closely, and professed to be devoted to her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Compeyson is the man who professed to be Miss Havisham's lover. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• This Meyler was the young, rich, Hampshire gentleman who, Worcester assured me, had professed to entertain such a violent dislike towards me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In the old Bretton days, though she had never professed herself fond of me, my society had soon become to her a sort of unconscious necessary. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He professed to be unable to judge the causes and justice of the Great War. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And hence I became aware of the circumstance for which I have professed my regret. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It was as if a professed unbeliever in ghosts should be frightened by a ghost story. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He never was fond of me; he never professed to be fond of me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Consequently it defeats its own professed purpose. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• As peoples develop towards nomadism, they seem to lose even such primitive religion and magic as their Neolithic ancestors professed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Sprat said that they openly professed, not to lay the foundation of an English, Scotch, Irish, Popish or Protestan t philosophy, but a philosophy of mankind. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Darcy professed a great curiosity to see the view from the Mount, and Elizabeth silently consented. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Julia was raving about Sir Henry Mildmay, by whom she professed to be pregnant. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Bingley was every thing that was charming, except the professed lover of her daughter. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I would never put myself in the power of a man who could speak thus of any lady whom he had once professed to love. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• There, madam, I became acquainted with a young tradesman, who professed a desire to make me his wife. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• This passion Celine had professed to return with even superior ardour. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Thus there grows up a split between a person's professed standards and his actual ones. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Richard, a professed admirer of the joyous science in all its branches, could imitate either the minstrel or troubadour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• My love,' said Mr. Nupkins, 'you professed yourself very fond of Captain Fitz-Marshall. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• They professed tolerance, benevolence, love of truth. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

Edited by Jason