How to Use purpose in a Sentence

purpose

noun

• The loans are small but they serve a good purpose.
• The purpose of the new resort is to attract more tourists.
• We started work again with a renewed sense of purpose.
• Sometimes his life seemed to lack purpose or meaning.
• The reasons vary from the ethics to the process to the lack of purpose.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2022
• The whole purpose of Serenbe was to save the greater area.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 14 June 2019
• Each of the five floors in the house has a distinct purpose.
  — Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 1 June 2022
• Age, for purposes of the loan, is based on the age of the younger spouse.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2019
• The purpose of this is to make these men feel seen and heard.
  — Malka Abramoff, ABC News, 7 June 2023
• Where would the Jeep in the jungle take me and for what purpose?
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 9 Feb. 2018
• This in turn led to questions as to the purpose of the series.
  — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2022
• It isn't meant to be, of course, at least not on purpose.
  — Brittany Vincent, Wired, 24 Dec. 2020
• Booth loves cars and loves to drive, so the goggles serve a purpose.
  — Prescotte Stokes Iii, star-telegram, 3 Nov. 2017
• The Christmas tree in your home was grown with a purpose.
  — Xander Peters, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2022
• The fence’s purpose was to prepare the park for its future.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
• The purpose of the fight should never be to destroy your spouse.
  — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 16 June 2017
• The purpose is to slightly soften the fruit and bring out its juices.
  — Sarah Fritsche, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
• This was not done on purpose, as part of some evil plan.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 25 Jan. 2024
• Move with purpose through this classic strength move to get the most out of it.
  — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 27 Dec. 2022
• Her life is this war on Gilead and that’s her purpose in life.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2022
• But the purpose of it is not to just stay between the two people.
  — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022
• The purpose of the pitch forum is to find new, compelling ideas.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 July 2022
• The purpose is to fill the deeper part of the gap, so the caulk just has to connect the metal and the edge of the window trim.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• Williams found a sense of pride and purpose playing for France.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2022
• The purpose of this law is to protect the campus if a bad guy comes with a gun.
  — Scott Travis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 July 2018
• The stars themselves are rarely bright enough for this purpose.
  — Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2021
• There was a distinct purpose with the series of sprints.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• Most of them nobody will ever hear, and that's not the purpose of it.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2022
• And that sense of purpose may help drive you toward the finish line.
  — Michelob Ultra, Bon Appetit, 26 Oct. 2017
• Someone put me there next to him — that was on purpose.
  — Katie Van Syckle, The Cut, 22 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 9 May 2024