profess
verb (used with object)
to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to.
are professing
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present progressiveof profess.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Without even knowing it, here is what they are professing: that the United States of America was the one place in the world that enacted the admirable ideals of the Enlightenment.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2016
But appeals are certain to follow, and both sides are professing confidence.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 18, 2015
American bankers, who believe that Argentina owes around $46 billion, are professing little concern over the country's bookkeeping mess.
From Time Magazine Archive
He sees clearly how far removed they are from the ways of simplicity and truth, and how ignorant of the very elements of the art which they are professing to teach.
From Phaedrus by Jowett, Benjamin
Sir Henry Parnell, an Irish Whig baronet, must, forsooth, be the ostensible parent of the measure, while the ministers are professing openly to be doubtful of its expediency and policy.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 by Hunt, Henry
