purposely

Example Sentences

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He purposely let his boys sink or swim on their own.

From Los Angeles Times

It reminds one of how Charles Dickens, in response to Britain’s 19th-century Poor Law, an amendment to earlier poor laws, that required the poor to live in purposely unpleasant workhouses, wrote “Oliver Twist.”

From Salon

John has been a Blue Jays fan since the team’s inception in 1977 and purposely sits where he does for proximity to home runs.

From Los Angeles Times

"They wanted violence from the right from the beginning," Beck told Carlson, arguing that Democrats were purposely trying to provoke Republicans by indicting Trump.

From Salon

“It seems like they are purposely trying to generate a new era of their own history,” Halperin says.

From Science Magazine