on purpose

Example Sentences

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If a professional boxer loses a fight on purpose, it’s called a “dive” or “tanking” and it is illegal.

From Los Angeles Times

“Whenever you tell an old story, you change it, sometimes on purpose and sometimes in ways you don’t exactly control,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal

If you’re trying to get excited about vegetables, give yourself permission to make them delicious on purpose.

From Salon

NBA teams are increasingly losing games on purpose to improve their draft prospects and basketball must consider every possible remedy to stamp out deliberate "tanking," the league's chief said Saturday.

From Barron's

That also means Mom took a taxi home from the airport on purpose, just to avoid the FBI.

From Literature