Sentence examples for professed ignorance of from inspiring English sources
"professed ignorance of" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to indicate that someone has stated that they don't know something or are unable to answer a question. Example: The suspect professed ignorance of the crime.
The local police chief, Guillermo Prieto Quintana, professed ignorance of the conflict, despite having been an officer here for 30 years.
They said they had enlisted for a 10-day tour of duty after pro-Qaddafi recruiters had told them they would be fighting foreign terrorists and mercenaries, but they offered little explanation for their professed ignorance of the Libyan revolt.
Mr Opik, who believes that he too was a victim of phone tapping by Mr Coulson's former paper, the News of the World, said the Government communications director's professed ignorance of what his employees were doing is damning in itself.
President Bush's top disaster managers -- the Homeland Security secretary, Michael Chertoff, as well as the notorious "Brownie" -- professed ignorance of New Orleans's humanitarian crisis a full day after the nation had started watching it live in real time on television.
A parent company's professed ignorance of the alleged misbehavior that was either willful or genuine but outside the norms of responsible corporate governance just the same (to put it mildly).
Although some vendors were given vague explanations for the jasmine freeze — that the plant was "symbolic" of those people who wanted to sow rebellion — most people involved in the flower trade have been largely left in the dark about why they should behave with such vigilance, and some professed ignorance of the ban altogether.
Molotov — who, unlike many of Stalin's associates, lived to a ripe old age — typically professed ignorance about the fates of the people whose deaths he ordained.
A lieutenant colonel in Hitler's general staff insists that he didn't learn about Auschwitz until after the war, but his professed ignorance is contradicted by the testimony of a telephone operator.
The skaters, most of whom declined to comment on the new group or professed ignorance, are more interested in medals, and China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won the pairs competition with a complete and inspiring free program.
Another reason the FBI might not have taken Trump's professed ignorance at face value was that Trump had already brushed up against his share of wise guys in New York's gritty construction business, without apparent concern.
Rubio's professed ignorance has shifted to skepticism – a sign that many Republicans have reluctantly accepted that the issue exists for voters, if not that the issue matters.
