profess
Example Sentences
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Profess to discuss them with Mr. Harper—but let the discussion be all on your side.
From The Talleyrand Maxim by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
"Allow me to introduce you to Profess Amos Henderson's famous submarine, the Porpoise," spoke the inventor with a bow.
From Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder by Rockwood, Roy
Your picked twelve, you'll find, Profess themselves indignant, scandalized At thus being held unable to explain How a superior man who disbelieves May not believe as well: that's Schelling's way!
From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald
Pretend, Profess "I do not pretend to be an orator."
From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks
Profess not thou that any Greek was there To fall on us.
From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes
Vocabulary lists containing profess
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The Taming of the Shrew
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