professed

Example Sentences

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This country has violated its professed principles many times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Filmmakers and critics fretted, reasonably, that a Netflix acquisition would kill off the moviegoing experience for good, in light of Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos’ professed antipathy toward theater-exclusive releases.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

His other passions included football, the tango and the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, a city he professed to love "more than any place else".

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Many observers have professed confusion over how Good, an unarmed person, can somehow be seen as a mortal threat.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

Following Kennedy’s assassination, President Johnson professed his commitment to the goal of “the full assimilation of more than twenty million Negroes into American life,” and ensured the passage of comprehensive civil rights legislation.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander