Explore Purposeful through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like meaningful or businesslike. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Purposeful in a sentence
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Purposeful meaning
- Having purpose: having intention or meaning; intentional.
- Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined, full of determination.
Synonyms of Purposeful
Using Purposeful
- The main meaning on this page is: Having purpose: having intention or meaning; intentional. | Having a purpose in mind; resolute; determined, full of determination.
- Useful related words include: meaningful, businesslike, earnest, goal-directed.
- In the example corpus, purposeful often appears in combinations such as: and purposeful, purposeful and, the purposeful.
Context around Purposeful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Purposeful
- In this selection, "purposeful" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, holistic, similar, take, action, tactics and legislature stand out and add context to how "purposeful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a similar purposeful intention and administration s purposeful misinterpretation of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "purposeful" sits close to words such as accompanies, affiliations and agrarian, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with purposeful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It gets crazy,” Rundquist says with purposeful hyperbole. (8 words)
My own hope is to follow a similar purposeful intention. (10 words)
Philanthropy and purposeful giving, are indeed at the heart of Digicel Cayman’s operations. (14 words)
Our vision and how we will make it a reality is the result of purposeful and collaborative planning, thoughtful strategy and a continued commitment to dreaming about what is possible for the health of a people and a state we are privileged to serve. (44 words)
The Kwali Chief of Gade, however, advised the entire Gade in the FCT to shun any act capable of causing rancour and acrimony in our communities and promised to provide purposeful leadership. (32 words)
He stated that misguided people would not be allowed to disrupt the council’s current calm, which is the result of purposeful tactics implemented by Governor Douye Diri-led administration. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Being cautious about providing financial support to your grown children and other family members – and being purposeful when you do provide it — isn’t selfish.
Being strategic and purposeful in your communication and aligning it with organizational objectives means you won’t end up sending mixed signals.
Exploring your Ikigai can be a transformative journey, helping you navigate career ambitions, academic pursuits, and leisure in a way that feels holistic, purposeful, and harmonious.
He explained that election interference was a purposeful action undertaken by state or non-state actors with the intention to influence the results.
He stated that misguided people would not be allowed to disrupt the council’s current calm, which is the result of purposeful tactics implemented by Governor Douye Diri-led administration.
He urged aggrieved aspirants to close ranks with the party’s preferred candidates and work together to determine a purposeful legislature for the interest of Nigeria.
In 1883, the Canadian government began the purposeful assimilation of Indigenous people by creating the first three residential schools.
It gets crazy,” Rundquist says with purposeful hyperbole.
It’s still a smartwatch, but this, along with the purposeful looks and go-anywhere attitude, gives the Apple Watch Ultra a surprising amount of character.
Lessons were said to mostly be 'calm and purposeful' but there were said to be incidents where youngsters misbehaved and disrupted learning.
My own hope is to follow a similar purposeful intention.
Our vision and how we will make it a reality is the result of purposeful and collaborative planning, thoughtful strategy and a continued commitment to dreaming about what is possible for the health of a people and a state we are privileged to serve.
Philanthropy and purposeful giving, are indeed at the heart of Digicel Cayman’s operations.
The budget eatery was situated in a trailer which interstate travelers would take purposeful detours to visit.
The effect of all that purposeful design is not lost on the couple’s guests.
The Kwali Chief of Gade, however, advised the entire Gade in the FCT to shun any act capable of causing rancour and acrimony in our communities and promised to provide purposeful leadership.
The letter condemns the Biden administration’s purposeful misinterpretation of last year’s gun control bill to justify blocking funding for schools with these outdoor recreation programs.
The responsibility we take to ensure that we educate the “whole child” is purposeful.
The way cinematographer Steve Annis chose to light and frame each scene within the house feels so purposeful, adding to the overall intensity of the film.
They were superb today – confident in and out of possession, purposeful, high pressing and passing with aplomb more and more as the game went on.
Common combinations with purposeful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and purposeful 24×
- purposeful and 23×
- the purposeful 13×
- of purposeful 11×
- with purposeful 7×
- is purposeful 7×
- more purposeful 7×
- purposeful leadership 6×
- was purposeful 5×
- purposeful activity 4×