purposefully

Example Sentences

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The dog hops off the steps of the diner and sniffs my way before walking purposefully down the gravel road beside it.

From Literature

Mark Lanier, the plaintiff’s lawyer, said he purposefully didn’t ask for a specific amount of damages.

From The Wall Street Journal

The evidence presented at trial that executives purposefully designed the platforms to be addictive was weak.

From The Wall Street Journal

To visually represent the protagonist's mental breakdown without making the single-room setting feel static, Chuprina says that he purposefully changed the camera lenses as the story progressed.

From BBC

I sat in the window, watching as she left the house, walked purposefully to the end of the street and waited at the corner.

From Literature