Sentence examples for first professed from inspiring English sources

When a reporter asked Tortorella about 1994, he first professed ignorance of the moment.

As the interviews show, she has remained unwaveringly private in the 23 years that have passed since she first professed her desire to remain unknown.

In Germany, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who at first professed "unconditional solidarity" with the United States, is now fighting for re-election and taking exception to the Bush administration's Iraq policy.

Two-thirds professed support for the sprout.

First, PROFESS 3.0 provides a set of new kinetic energy density functionals (KEDFs) which are designed to model semiconductors or transition metals.

At first professing orthodoxy, Anastasius gradually adhered more to monophysite doctrine, which held that Christ had one, divine nature.

Howard is about to become the first professing Jew to lead a major British political party (Benjamin Disraeli doesn't quite count: he was baptised into Christianity as a child).

According to published reports, the American ambassador in Tripoli went so far as to betray a group of coup-plotting officers in the Libyan Army in 1971, first professing support for their plan and then handing their names over to Qaddafi.

From the first, he professed a devotion to democracy and a loathing for the nation's ample supply of knavish politicians.

They thanked him for a great Open, praised him for the way he stared down Woods — even if he did blink first — and professed their love over and over.

Second, Goldman professed to be market maker, which uses its trading book to instill confidence.