Profession

Teaching is a profession of my own choosing.

Teaching English is his profession.

The medical profession keeps handing out warnings about smoking.

It was a profession of his own choosing.

The profession is attractive to women.

The prime purpose of the profession is the rendering of a public service.

That young man is going to go far in this profession.

Mr Smith is a doctor by profession.

This profession requires experience.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

She died only a few years after her profession.

Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession.

I congratulate you upon the wisdom that withheld you from entering yourself a member of the Protestant Association […] it is likely to bring an odium upon the profession they make, that will not soon be forgotten.

Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.

I scarcely know any thing that really interests me, and I would give a great deal not to be so quick-sighted as I am; it would be so pleasant to believe only a tithe of the professions that are made me.

My father was a barrister by profession.

“You are very idle, Cashel; I am sure of that. It is too provoking to throw away so much money every year for nothing. Besides, you must soon be thinking of a profession.” “I shall go into the army,” said Cashel. “It is the only profession for a gentleman.”

His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession.