PURPOSE in a Sentence

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For PURPOSE, below is one of 348 sentences:
Their conductor pursued an opposite road from that which Wamba had recommended, for the purpose of misleading them.

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 Meanings and Examples of PURPOSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
purpose
 n.  something set up as an object or end to be attained
 v.  propose or intend
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "Then you'll need to kneel down, and me too," she said, laying the shawl out for that purpose.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  From now onwards Animal Farm would engage in trade with the neighbouring farms: not, of course, for any commercial purpose, but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
3  And he knew it and did it on purpose to tease her, the old brute, her father-in-law.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
4  the man Hyde; it was set there with a purpose all too plain and horrible.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
5  He assures them that their last sample is impure and quite useless for his present purpose.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
6  There was no mirror, at that date, in my room; that which stands beside me as I write, was brought there later on and for the very purpose of these transformations.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
7  Mr. Bounderby sat looking at her, as, with the points of a stiff, sharp pair of scissors, she picked out holes for some inscrutable ornamental purpose, in a piece of cambric.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI
8  Some purpose or other is so natural to every one, that a mere loiterer always looks and feels remarkable.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
9  And yet he had not, even now, any earnest wickedness of purpose in him.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
10  Within the limits of his short tether he had tumbled about, annihilating the flowers of existence with greater singleness of purpose than many of the blatant personages whose company he kept.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I
11  Their conductor pursued an opposite road from that which Wamba had recommended, for the purpose of misleading them.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
12  Sir Palmer," said Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert scornfully, "this assumed forgetfulness, after so much has been remembered, comes too late to serve your purpose.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  So saying, he prepared to leave the lists with his glittering train, and his turning his steed for that purpose, was the signal for the breaking up and dispersion of the spectators.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
14  "That is not to the purpose," answered Gurth.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  He wrenched a quarter-staff from one of the fellows, struck down the Captain, who was altogether unaware of his purpose, and had well-nigh repossessed himself of the pouch and treasure.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence: (138 in 10 pages)
16  Her life felt lacking in direction and purpose.
17  Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effect.
18  Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort.
19  Do not, for one repulse, forgot the purpose that you resolved to effort.
20  Do nor for one repulse, for go the purpose that you resolved to effort.
21  The purpose of life is to enjoy every moment.
22  It's not exactly what I wanted but it will serve my purpose.
23  Various insurance schemes already exist for this purpose.
24  The purpose of the law is to protect the right of the individual.
25  The school's unexceptionable purpose is to involve parents more closely in the education of their children.
26  The lawyer argued that the accused had gone to the victim's house with the express purpose of killing her.
27  This is the main purpose of my coming here.
28  Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.
29  The purpose of the occasion was to raise money for medical supplies.
30  A meeting was called for the purpose of appointing a new treasurer.