How to Use purposely in a Sentence

purposely

adverb

• The oak floors and white wall behind the bed are purposely left bare.
  — Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• The most impressive thing about the sketch is the purposely bad singing.
  — Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
• Hunter alleges that during the next take, Goth purposely kicked him in the head with her boot.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
• Not much is known about the plot of the Barbie film, which has purposely been kept under wraps.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 3 July 2022
• The Toros came out with Wolfe purposely missing the second free throw.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• The models reached the end and posed under a spotlight, in front of a trash can that had been purposely tipped over.
  — Chicago Tribune, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2024
• But the owners and builders purposely left some fire scars on the exterior of the house.
  — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• Houston is what the Dolphins were in 2019 — a purposely bad team in a rebuild.
  — Keven Lerner, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• Defense lawyers have claimed that Mr. Singer made the plan seem above board and purposely misled their clients.
  — Brian Whitton, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
• Not back yet Canada is the only healthy piece of the Sparks’ back court that Miller purposely stacked with ball-handlers.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2023
• My description just above is rather vague about time and place -- and purposely so.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 11 May 2023
• For the last few months, Megan purposely stepped back from social media in order to heal.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 19 Apr. 2023
• But are the Cardinals purposely trying to lose games in 2023?
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
• One day, a tall, bulky man leaned around my Plexiglas shield and purposely coughed.
  — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• Did your purposely pick songs people wouldn’t expect to hear from you?
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• The income tax universe was not designed for the way the wealthy have their wealth today, but it wasn’t designed purposely not to tax them.
  — ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2021
• The video shows that the crossing barriers were down and the red lights were flashing when the driver turned from a side street and seemed to purposely go around the gate and into the train’s path.
  — Terry Spencer, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• Not that Noah is now purposely testing out melodies to his dad for future album use.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 22 July 2022
• In addition, the cables have been purposely left dangling at the back in a nod to the original arcade games.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
• And that’s exactly how the evening felt, purposely perfect.
  — Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2023
• Life is hard enough without purposely messing with a person's head and heart.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 30 Mar. 2023
• But the approach would end up prompting accusations that Biden’s team had purposely kept the public in the dark.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Jan. 2023
• Authorities believe the tire had been placed there purposely so Jared would have to stop.
  — Michael Nardi, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2023
• In 1932, one pilot purposely flew her plane into a floating Tom-Cat in hopes of catching it.
  — Janaya Wecker, Good Housekeeping, 14 Nov. 2022
• Rules don't change until there's a movement big enough to purposely break them and show why something is better.
  — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2022
• Some people reacted to the errant self-driving car by claiming that the AI purposely ran the Stop sign.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• The gold-standard study, called a human challenge study, involves purposely giving people a dose of the pathogen.
  — WIRED, 19 Nov. 2023
• The singing is purposely strained, off-tune, and often unsettling.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 23 July 2024
• Regardless, Ayton missed the first attempt, then purposely missed the second in hopes of a Suns putback score.
  — oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022
• But the most amusing part of the sketch was Grande singing purposely off-key, demonstrating the atonality of an amateur with her flat notes and lackluster delivery.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024