Sentence examples for did not profess from inspiring English sources

Many people said they saw no end to the conflict between the military and its Islamist opponents, and no place for those who did not profess loyalty to either one.

In 1965 the United States Supreme Court ruled that the criteria for conscientious objection could be broadened to include men who were not members of any religious denomination and in 1970 to include those who did not profess belief in a Supreme Being but had ethical or moral convictions against war.

Access to the crucial letters yielded a picture of a Stevenson who was neither the "seraph in chocolate" against whom Henley protested nor a low-living rake nor an optimistic escapist nor a happy invalid but a sensitive and intelligent writer who had no illusions about life and wryly made the best of a world to which he did not profess to have the key.

Bauer did not profess to be God, nor did he profess to be man's salvation.

A great number of the protesters who turned out at the capitol on Saturday did not profess to wanting violence, but instead preached comity and community.

This statement did not profess outright disbelief in evolution, but expressed skepticism as to the ability of "random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life".

Stringer didn't profess to have the answers.

Of the others, 20% were Roman Catholic, 14% Protestant, 10% animist, while 3% didn't profess any religion.

She didn't look really sick, and she wasn't in pain, or at least she didn't profess to be in pain.

It does not profess to examine every issue exhaustively.

He does not profess to be worried about a backlash.