purposeful

Example Sentences

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This sensation—purposeful but unbound floating—is not new.

From The Wall Street Journal

By ruling out natural ice driven transport, the research strengthens the case for purposeful human planning and effort.

From Science Daily

Tom Francis, head of personal finance at Octopus Money, says "having a clear and exciting goal whether that's a holiday or an emergency fund makes saving feel purposeful rather than restrictive".

From BBC

The results showed that blinking does appear to be timed in a purposeful way.

From Science Daily

“She must have felt so much shame,” she said, describing her own experience of being a divorced woman in this town — where custom and convention are supreme, and purposeful familial destruction is abhorrent.

From Los Angeles Times