Example Sentences

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He credits the small-town nondenominational congregants of his early years with living out the kind of communitarian values the rest of the world professes to value but mostly doesn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

He leaves, but she runs through the streets to chase Conrad - soundtracked by Taylor Swift's Out of the Woods - and professes her love on his train and says she chooses him.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

Lawrence professes to be above all this nonsense.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

The series professes in a title card to be “a true story.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

The first, which will perhaps become increasingly important in an inquisitive age which professes to still value privacy, makes it possible to obtain sensitive information about a group of people without compromising any person’s privacy.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos