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
But Khanna’s bit was not without purpose, nor was it the most theatrical.
From Salon ● Mar. 27, 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
When she’d been a Christian, she had felt connected, too; but when she left the Church, she felt loose and free and light, in a universe without purpose.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
