How do you use Purse in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bag or wrinkle, plus the exact meaning.
Purse in a sentence
Related words
Purse meaning
- A small bag for carrying money.
- A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
- A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
Synonyms of Purse
Purse vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Purse
- The main meaning on this page is: A small bag for carrying money. | A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items) | A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
- Useful related words include: bag, wrinkle, round off, round out.
- Possible Dutch translations are: handtas.
- In the example corpus, purse often appears in combinations such as: her purse, purse and, the purse.
Context around Purse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Purse
- In this selection, "purse" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, public, black, balm, strings, section and containing stand out and add context to how "purse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 3 your purse has the and 6million 2m purse and 35. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "purse" sits close to words such as barbecue, breached and cleanup, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with purse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Control of the purse strings is the ultimate power in Congress. (11 words)
And the gatekeepers wouldn’t let my wife enter with her purse. (12 words)
Fury reportedly received a £1.6million ($2m) purse - and 35 per cent of the PPV money. (16 words)
Arum also explained how the location of the fight would determine how the purse would be split between the boxers as he said a fight in the UK would attract more British fans and higher pay-per-view sales due to Fury's presence. (44 words)
Extended families spent sweaty Saturday nights each summer swapping stories while racers swapped paint in the banked asphalt curves of the speedway, as they raced renegades, street cars and late models for a share of the weekly winner’s purse. (40 words)
A person reported an unknown individual or individuals entered their unsecured vehicle while it was parked for five minutes in the 3000 block of Dundee Road and stole a purse containing credit cards Jan. (34 words)
A Bay Area woman has doubts, after a card reader at the grocery store reached into her purse and charged her credit card -- without her knowing it! (27 words)
Detailed in the gallery below are 10 Idaho-based 501 (c)(3) your purse has the power to uplift! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Kate said that she had a pacifier in her purse, but when she reached into her purse, she whipped out a gun and promptly shot Clyde, who fell to the ground.
The victim later discovered that her purse was gone, and Hannah told her that she had to engage in prostitution acts for him if she wanted her purse and its contents returned.
The victim later called to tell the officer the purse was found in the purse section of the store.
A Bay Area woman has doubts, after a card reader at the grocery store reached into her purse and charged her credit card -- without her knowing it!
After such a lavish outlay over the summer, the purse strings are likely to be tightened next month.
A large, black purse was slung over her left shoulder to hold items she needed for her busy outing and to coincide with the monochromatic color scheme of her look.
And the gatekeepers wouldn’t let my wife enter with her purse.
A person reported an unknown individual or individuals entered their unsecured vehicle while it was parked for five minutes in the 3000 block of Dundee Road and stole a purse containing credit cards Jan.
Arum also explained how the location of the fight would determine how the purse would be split between the boxers as he said a fight in the UK would attract more British fans and higher pay-per-view sales due to Fury's presence.
A total of 663 volunteers from Samaritanʻs Purse and 360 from Hawaiʻi Baptist Convention have been part of the effort to help residents sift through their properties since August.
Back in my day the chicks took care of that themselves with a purse and a can of hair spray.
Bagallini crossbody bag so you can tote about all the essentials (cards, phone, lip balm, purse snacks, etc.) with ease and style.
But it was fair enough for it to point out that there are growing demands on the public purse and we need to tackle them if we are to retain any fiscal credibility.
But then these promises are coming from a party holding power in the centre with the ability to loosen the central purse string to accommodate these expenditures.
Control of the purse strings is the ultimate power in Congress.
Detailed in the gallery below are 10 Idaho-based 501 (c)(3) your purse has the power to uplift!
Extended families spent sweaty Saturday nights each summer swapping stories while racers swapped paint in the banked asphalt curves of the speedway, as they raced renegades, street cars and late models for a share of the weekly winner’s purse.
Feinstein was a complicated political figure who notoriously carried a gun in her purse, but also fought for gun control.
First, the finance ministry’s apparent disregard for economic growth and, second, its failure to reflect the true effect of austerity, as well as an ongoing political tug-of-war, on the public purse.
Fury reportedly received a £1.6million ($2m) purse - and 35 per cent of the PPV money.
Common combinations with purse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: