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
“I rode the tram without purpose and walked for hours at a time,” she tells us, “so that I would sometimes become lost and need to consult the map on my phone.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 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
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