purposefully
Example Sentences
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"You don't leave things behind that you can still use, so why was this purposefully put into a pit?"
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
When the film opens at Oak Street’s idyllic summer block party, complete with cookouts and kids happily pedaling together on their bikes, he purposefully evokes the atmosphere of the movies he covertly cites.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Anya says she used to wonder what would have happened if she had not stopped by the agency that day, but now she believes she was purposefully targeted.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The failure of Italy’s national team to qualify for the World Cup, for the third time in a row, is such an embarrassment in this soccer-mad country that Italians are purposefully ignoring it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
When Regan had asked me what I was up to, I’d been purposefully vague.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
