self-professed

Example Sentences

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“A bigger burger is going to get the job done. It promises fullness,” said Paul Whitten, a self-professed burger fanatic who runs a Nashville-based tour company.

From MarketWatch

A protege of former conservative PM Shinzo Abe and self-professed admirer of Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi, Japan's first female leader, is known as the country's "Iron Lady".

From BBC

A technologist, libertarian and self-professed Christian, Mr. Thiel makes easy bait for commentators of a certain algorithimic ilk.

From The Wall Street Journal

Adding another who had just skated with the team’s self-professed “Finnish Mafia” at the 4 Nations Face-Off was a no brainer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nonetheless, he was confident they’d be OK because, again, Brown is a self-professed “sunny-side-up” kind of guy.

From Los Angeles Times