Sentence examples for professed acquaintance from inspiring English sources

At one point, he professed acquaintance with Richard II, and in 1399 he was granted two pipes (casks) of wine a year for life by Henry IV as a reward for complimentary references in one of his poems.

Their acquaintance began after Lawrence professed her admiration for the comedian and the pair soon met, apparently hitting it off immediately.

And that sort, which professes to form acquaintances only for the sake of virtue, and demands a reward in the shape of money, may be fairly called by another name?

He professed to be on more than a nodding acquaintance with all the world's statesmen from Golda Meir to Chairman Mao.

From a Chechen acquaintance named Umar, Nivat learned the Russians had professed their first priority to be wiping out the Wahabis.

He professed unconcern.

They professed encouragement on Wednesday.

The parties professed mutual admiration.

Mr. Paterson professed no hard feelings.

Clemens predictably professed innocence.

Kozinski professed astonishment.