contrary purpose
Example Sentences
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A sudden impulse seized her to stop and explain the matter to him, but instead she followed quite a contrary purpose and detaching herself from her companions, struck out boldly for herself.
From Calvary Alley by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
The rockets had primarily been placed to check the fall of the projectile upon the moon, and now they were going to employ them for a directly contrary purpose.
From From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon by Jules Verne
Efforts designed to ameliorate the condition of an individual were sure of answering a contrary purpose.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
And no sooner has a new rotation of affairs given the superiority to another party, than another law, equally unreasonable and equally new, is found equally necessary for a contrary purpose.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II. by Samuel Johnson
This I have not only endeavoured to avoid, but also have used a method for the contrary purpose.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV by Theophilus Cibber
