contrary purpose
Example Sentences
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In the first place, there was within doors, and under his immediate roof, four new comers, nearly each of which was actuated by some contrary purpose or design.
From The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast by Ballou, Maturin Murray
Let us consider one another, to provoke unto love and to good works: we too often consider one another for the very contrary purpose, to provoke to contempt or ill-will.
From The Christian Life Its Course, Its Hindrances, And Its Helps by Arnold, Thomas
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 Johnson, Samuel
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 Verne, Jules
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 Cibber, Theophilus
