Example sentences for: purpose

How can you use “purpose” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (Data from the present study (JFL) were pooled for the purpose of this comparison.)

  • Similarly, the express purpose of Section 305 of IRCA was to "secure the rights of H-2 agricultural workers under the specific contract under which they were admitted to this country."

  • The Commission has not been able to discern any congressional purpose that would be served by tying the right to representation on movements that have no effect on either the alien's lawful immigration status or her legal right to pursue her claim in U.S. courts.

  • That Irish grain should have been exported while Irish people starved--for little other purpose but to hold down the price of grain on the English market--was as morally repugnant to contemporary observers as it is to modern ones.

  • The purpose of depositing funds into an attorney's trust account was either for short-term deposits with immediate access to the funds, or for small amounts whose interest would not exceed the costs attendant to separate accounting.


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