How to Use purposeful in a Sentence

purposeful

adjective

• There, the bit feels less like the goofy gimmick of the week and more like a purposeful tactic to deepen the gloom.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 5 Sep. 2023
• The gloves make the whole look feel purposeful and upscale, rather than tacked-on.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2024
• The secrecy about the film has been purposeful, as many of the cast members have said.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
• And how to do so in a way that feels purposeful and personal?
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 28 Jan. 2021
• For now, eat with the TV, make a plan for purposeful work, and take some time with each of your children and see what comes of it.
  — Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
• That was all very purposeful, the misdirect of what the story is in the pilot.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
• With the wheels pushed out to the corners of the vehicle and crisp creases across the bodywork, the concept has a purposeful stance.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 16 Nov. 2022
• That journey can be purposeful and controlled—as with the ISS.
  — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2024
• The photo is a Rorschach test, a purposeful mixed message.
  — Diane Winston, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
• Sharpe had been staying there for about 10 months, a purposeful choice to spread the Gospel and give people hope, those who knew him said.
  — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2024
• Or email me for a purposeful habits worksheet to help build tools like these into your life.
  — Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• Some of them were purposeful (and those projects tended to be the most successful).
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Dec. 2022
• The essence of her late mother — whose name was Romay — is a presence that’s purposeful.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
• The Israeli official made clear the change in tone was purposeful.
  — Ellen Knickmeyer, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2021
• Poeltl made one of two in his first purposeful trip to the line, but then airballed both attempts on his next foray.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2021
• Busy and purposeful teens and young adults fight with one another less.
  — Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
• The bright colors make this watch look almost like a toy – a purposeful effect.
  — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• That's a very purposeful thing, so ignore it at your peril.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2022
• The last 11 months haven’t been a blur, Prescott said, because every action has been so purposeful.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2021
• These are purposeful away games arranged by coach Jeff Walz.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2021
• The glow in the dark polish will look purposeful at your ghoulish gathering.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
• To get through this winter, the U.S. will need more widespread and purposeful deployment of tests.
  — Atul Grover, STAT, 25 Nov. 2021
• This purposeful design was to make the colorful art shine.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
• What does that mean for a purposeful approach to family and friends?
  — Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• For some, pilates, crystals, and mindfulness are the keys to a purposeful life.
  — Josh Greenblatt, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2021
• The tan and light blue colorway is a purposeful combination that ties in land and lake.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
• Maybe something changes, maybe even something purposeful, for the good Panthers against the great Bruins.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2023
• That top-note of the absurd sitting alongside the deeply felt is purposeful, on both my part and, ingeniously, the show’s.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
• Prosecutors said that about 3 minutes and 10 seconds into the video, Neely ceases all purposeful movement.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
• But the new album dips into a purposeful conversation about Black masculinity dating back centuries.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024