How to Use profess in a Sentence

profess

verb

• They profess loyalty to the king.
• He professes confidence in his friend.
• The Team Wheels camp professed that there are more wheels than doors.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
• And those who professed about making change have not come up with answers.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
• Red Hook can be a sort of backdrop for the many who profess to love it.
  — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• Some chapters sample the tropes and tones of their professed genre.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019
• No one spends $44 billion to profess their love for free speech.
  — Bybradley Tusk, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
• In the first scene, a young man and a young woman profess their love for each other.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2017
• That's right, her boyfriend from three years ago flew halfway around the world to profess his love to her.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
• In recent years, LaBeouf has professed to be sober.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
• What happened to holding up a sign professing your love for pop stars?
  — Lindsey V Thompson, Teen Vogue, 13 Apr. 2018
• But Biden has professed comfort with and even support for the idea.
  — John Fund, National Review, 8 Mar. 2020
• Whitlock professed not to be caught up with facing his former team.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
• Those fans have professed the love for the Royals players.
  — Pete Grathoff march 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
• All proudly professes himself as a man of faith.
  — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 2 June 2026
• Which led to a mix of stars sharing their love for style and while some were professing their love for others.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2023
• Another angle that is often professed is that the good must be paired with the bad.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
• But Kazee was months ahead of Dewan to profess his love publicly.
  — Kendall Trammell, CNN, 6 June 2019
• Many a politician has professed fandom in a way that seems less than authentic or out of touch.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2018
• Talk to anyone who eats or cooks for a living and many will profess an devotion to all things sushi.
  — Andrew Knowlton, Bon Appetit, 30 Jan. 2017
• Soon even members of the Politburo were professing their love for it.
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
• Bernie has professed his love for Elton, and Elton’s had to sing it.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025
• Abbott since has had turnover in staff, and Larson professed hope for the future.
  — Peggy Fikac, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2018
• Once all cleared, get ready to profess your everlasting love in the limelight.
  — Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2023
• The two men, who’ve known each other for years, are quick to profess mutual respect.
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 21 June 2018
• Murph the Surf and two of his boys were collared two days later, professing that the goods were gone.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• The father of three has publicly professed his love for being a girl dad on many occasions.
  — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
• Soelberg and the chatbot also professed love for each other.
  — Dave Collins, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
• The guys have to profess their love to Michelle while spinning in the g-force simulator.
  — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2021
• In the caption, Khloé professed her love for Tristan in emoji form.
  — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Feb. 2019