PROFESSIONALISM in a Sentence

Learn PROFESSIONALISM from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

196 example sentences for PROFESSIONALISM, such as:

1. A lawyer is a professional man.
2. They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties.
3. And that's better than the life of professional corpses.
4. I hope the team will project a smart, professional image.
5. If it's a legal matter you need to seek professional advice.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROFESSIONALISM
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professionalism
 n.  expertness characteristic of a professional person
Classic Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
1  Jurgis, as a beggar, was simply a blundering amateur in competition with organized and scientific professionalism.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
2  They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3  Giles now wore the black coat and white tie of the professional classes, which needed--Isa looked down at his feet--patent leather pumps.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 13
4  He was not only a professional peacemaker, but from practice a hater of all feuds and brawls.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  Mrs Bolton also kept a cherishing eye on Connie, feeling she must extend to her her female and professional protection.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
6  And that's better than the life of professional corpses.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
7  His features were not naturally intended to wear a smiling aspect, but he was in general rather given to professional jocosity.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
8  Oliver obeyed, and followed his master on his professional mission.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
9  When this was over, the chairman gave a sentiment, after which, the professional gentleman on the chairman's right and left volunteered a duet, and sang it, with great applause.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
10  She likes you very well, but she will want me to look a little higher than a small dairy-farmer, and marry a professional man.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
11  A professional case of great gravity was engaging my own attention at the time, and the whole of next day I was busy at the bedside of the sufferer.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
12  All day I was engaged in my professional work, and it was late in the evening before I returned to Baker Street.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE FIVE ORANGE PIPS
13  He is a professional beggar, though in order to avoid the police regulations he pretends to a small trade in wax vestas.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
14  I have watched the fellow more than once before ever I thought of making his professional acquaintance, and I have been surprised at the harvest which he has reaped in a short time.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
15  He had for years been known as a professional beggar, but his life appeared to have been a very quiet and innocent one.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Example Sentence: (115 in 8 pages)
16  He is a model professional and an example to the younger lads.
17  The major factor in the decision to stay or to leave was usually professional.
18  His super-clean image gave a veneer of respectability to the new professional set-up.
19  I hope the team will project a smart, professional image.
20  Emergency cases will receive professional attention immediately.
21  But others in the professional psychological field regard the institution as an effective and important way of dealing with grief.
22  The picture project was part of a district wide experiment to involve children with professional artists.
23  And workers' compensation payments to professional athletes would be offset by any payments available under a labor contract.
24  A lawyer is a professional man.
25  If it's a legal matter you need to seek professional advice.
26  Testing patients without their consent would constitute a professional and legal offence.
27  You must not let your personal reactions interfere with your professional judgement.
28  It's important to build up a network of professional contacts.
29  It is a curious paradox that professional comedians often have unhappy personal lives.
30  The competition is open to both amateur and professional photographers.