Examples of purposely in a Sentence
the real estate agent purposely withheld information that would have discouraged us from buying the property
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Stealth mode, known best in the gaming industry, is about not being noticed, or purposely being secretive, until deciding when or if to become more visible.
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Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
No other governor would purposely alienate the families of 70,000 kids.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
What started out as a civil protest was purposely steered into becoming a firefight, but more accurately an ambush the Ghor congregated in the plaza had no chance of surviving.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 May 2025
According to a November 2023 LendingTree survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers, 15% of self-checkout users have purposely stolen an item — and 44% of self-checkout thieves plan to do it again.
Need a break?
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 10 May 2025
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Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
No other governor would purposely alienate the families of 70,000 kids.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
What started out as a civil protest was purposely steered into becoming a firefight, but more accurately an ambush the Ghor congregated in the plaza had no chance of surviving.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 May 2025
According to a November 2023 LendingTree survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers, 15% of self-checkout users have purposely stolen an item — and 44% of self-checkout thieves plan to do it again.
Need a break?
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for purposely
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“Purposely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purposely. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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purposely
adverb
pur·pose·ly
ˈpər-pəs-lē 
: with a clear or known purpose
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