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

"Time without purpose is a prison," she says.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 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