How to Use purposeful in a Sentence

purposeful

adjective
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  • There, the bit feels less like the goofy gimmick of the week and more like a purposeful tactic to deepen the gloom.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The gloves make the whole look feel purposeful and upscale, rather than tacked-on.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The secrecy about the film has been purposeful, as many of the cast members have said.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
  • For now, eat with the TV, make a plan for purposeful work, and take some time with each of your children and see what comes of it.
    — Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
  • That was all very purposeful, the misdirect of what the story is in the pilot.
    — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
  • With the wheels pushed out to the corners of the vehicle and crisp creases across the bodywork, the concept has a purposeful stance.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The photo is a Rorschach test, a purposeful mixed message.
    — Diane Winston, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
  • Sharpe had been staying there for about 10 months, a purposeful choice to spread the Gospel and give people hope, those who knew him said.
    — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2024
  • Or email me for a purposeful habits worksheet to help build tools like these into your life.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Some of them were purposeful (and those projects tended to be the most successful).
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The essence of her late mother — whose name was Romay — is a presence that’s purposeful.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The Israeli official made clear the change in tone was purposeful.
    — Ellen Knickmeyer, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2021
  • Busy and purposeful teens and young adults fight with one another less.
    — Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The bright colors make this watch look almost like a toy – a purposeful effect.
    — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • That's a very purposeful thing, so ignore it at your peril.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The last 11 months haven’t been a blur, Prescott said, because every action has been so purposeful.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2021
  • These are purposeful away games arranged by coach Jeff Walz.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The glow in the dark polish will look purposeful at your ghoulish gathering.
    — Ariana Yaptangco, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023
  • To get through this winter, the U.S. will need more widespread and purposeful deployment of tests.
    — Atul Grover, STAT, 25 Nov. 2021
  • This purposeful design was to make the colorful art shine.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
  • What does that mean for a purposeful approach to family and friends?
    — Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The tan and light blue colorway is a purposeful combination that ties in land and lake.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Maybe something changes, maybe even something purposeful, for the good Panthers against the great Bruins.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2023
  • That top-note of the absurd sitting alongside the deeply felt is purposeful, on both my part and, ingeniously, the show’s.
    — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
  • Her eclectic mix of items and handmade art pieces fit together in a way that seems purposeful but not forced.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 16 June 2022
  • Without the writing, life isn’t purposeful in a vital way.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Was that a purposeful choice to provide something new to that time period with this group?
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The Final Girl wears a one-piece, plain and purposeful as an athletic swimsuit.
    — Lesley Finn, Longreads, 7 July 2022
  • Those two actors say very little and are defined through purposeful action.
    — Simon Bland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Erivo said the original Broadway poster was a illustration that wasn’t based on real actors, and that showing her face in the film version of the poster was a purposeful choice.
    — Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024

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