fixed purpose
Example Sentences
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“The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run,” declared the self-destructive Captain Ahab, concerning his pursuit of Moby Dick.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2020
Most men and women who rise above or venture outside the norm turn out to have a bewildering variety of gifts and defects, and they blunder as often as they pursue a fixed purpose.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
When I accepted that position, it was with the fixed purpose of leaving politics permanently for service on the court.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last April, Warren sought to take himself out of the running with a statement that he went to the Supreme Court with the fixed purpose of leaving politics permanently.
From Time Magazine Archive
I mention this in this place, of a fixed purpose, because it is the clue by which I am to be followed into my poor labyrinth.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
