Example Sentences

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Gently, he reprimanded me for having written a purposelessly contentious piece about a long-ago contretemps occasioned by his refusal to show Brakhage’s “Anticipation of the Night” at Cinema 16.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2021

The suggestions are he left England purposelessly and then goes to a casino but that’s totally not the case at all.

From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2019

But it’s hard for performers like Thompson, Usher, and Hemsworth to shine their brightest in the shadows of so much mindlessly, purposelessly built-up IP.

From The Verge • Jun. 21, 2019

But there does appear to be genuine rage among some Europeans; maybe not that it’s going on, but that it’s going on so expansively , so easily, so thoughtlessly, so purposelessly, almost.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2013

Luster lay down in the swing, but Ben went on vaguely and purposelessly.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner