Thesaurus / purposefulness
FEEDBACKHow to use purposefulness in a sentence
Lown labored for years over purposeful, sustained collaboration between the Cold War superpowers.
BERNARD LOWN, PHYSICIAN WHO RALLIED DOCTORS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, DIES AT 99EMILY LANGERFEBRUARY 18, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWe’ve been purposeful in working toward the creation of a business that reflects the diversity of its customers.
THERE’S NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW TO BUILD A BETTER PIPELINE FOR WOMEN IN TECHANDREW NUSCAJANUARY 11, 2021FORTUNEThat’s just one example of what David Novak, former CEO of Yum Brands calls “purposeful recognition.”
YOUR BOSS IS EXPRESSING GRATITUDE ALL WRONGKAREN YUANDECEMBER 16, 2020FORTUNEBy the time unconscious bias turns to purposeful and aggressive bullying, it is too late.
MISS MANNERS: HELPING KIDS UNDERSTAND MICROAGGRESSIONSJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINDECEMBER 11, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThere was a solemnity, a wrapped-up purposefulness about him this morning; she dared not ask him what he was going to do.
THE PIONEERSKATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARDThere was a dumb purposefulness about the men's movements that sickened Rhoda.
THE HEART OF THE DESERTHONOR WILLSIE MORROWShe saw his tenderness, his purposefulness, the bigness of his mind and spirit.
THE HEART OF THE DESERTHONOR WILLSIE MORROWIt was ugly—ugly in its pink shapelessness, ugly in its slimy half-sentient movements, in its very purposefulness.
CONTAMINATION CREWALAN EDWARD NOURSEThe rest shifted from deliberate purposefulness to cold fury, and Barr's face turned white.
TRADING JEFF AND HIS DOGJAMES ARTHUR KJELGAARDThe war, furthermore, has been a revelation of the fundamental purposefulness of the rising generation.
RELIGION AND THE WARVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO PURPOSEFULNESS
- aim
- boldness
- constancy
- courage
- dauntlessness
- decidedness
- decision
- declaration
- dedication
- doggedness
- earnestness
- energy
- firmness
- fixed purpose
- fortitude
- guts
- heart
- immovability
- intent
- intention
- judgment
- mettle
- moxie
- obstinacy
- perseverance
- pluck
- purpose
- purposefulness
- purposiveness
- relentlessness
- resoluteness
- resolve
- settlement
- sincerity
- spirit
- spunk
- staunchness
- staying power
- steadfastness
- stubbornness
- tenacity
- verdict
- willpower
- analyses
- assertions
- breakdowns
- calls
- conclusions
- decisions
- declarations
- determinations
- dissections
- elucidations
- ends
- expositions
- findings
- interpretations
- motions
- nods
- outcomes
- pay dirts
- presentations
- proposals
- propositions
- quick fixes
- recitations
- recommendations
- resolves
- settlements
- solutions
- solvings
- sorting outs
- tickets
- unravellings
- upshots
- verdicts
- working outs
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