without purpose
Example Sentences
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WSJ: How did you come up with the idea of life without work and without purpose?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
Djokovic continued, waving his right hand without purpose.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
The prevalence of this ugly fad usage besmirches the language with a jarring oddity, without purpose in clarity or elegance.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2021
And then, almost unnoticeable but not without purpose, there’s a hint of rose.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
But the majority of the army wandered about the sands without purpose, like citizens of an Italian town in the hour of the passeggio.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
