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
There is not a large population—not quite five hundred people in the whole island; but almost all of them that are grown up are professing Christian—members of the church, and not disgracing their profession.
From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Susan Warner
Naturally, in a world in which the vast majority are professing Christians, believers are to be found on the side of humanity and justice.
From The Necessity of Atheism by David Marshall Brooks
