PURPOSE in a Sentence

Learn PURPOSE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
348 example sentences for PURPOSE, such as:
1. Community of purpose makes friendship.
2. The purpose of industry is to create wealth.
3. Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
4. The main purpose of industry is to create wealth.
5. The devil can cite the Scriptures for his purpose.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PURPOSE
purpose
 n.  an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
 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)
1  The purpose of the research is to try and and find out more about the causes of the disease.
2  As long as a person strongly unremittingly in pursuit, he will be able to achieve the purpose of.
3  They might well be prepared to do you harm in order to achieve their purpose.
4  Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.
5  Without method, little can be done to any good purpose.
6  Do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.
7  Letters whose sole purpose is to make a political point will not be published.
8  Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
9  The purpose is to build new houses for local people.
10  The devil can cite the Scriptures for his purpose.
11  Community of purpose makes friendship.
12  The purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university.
13  The main purpose of industry is to create wealth.
14  The purpose of industry is to create wealth.
15  Antitrust authorities must investigate the effect and purpose of an agreement to determine its legality.