Example sentences for: purposely

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

  • President Bush purposely mispronounced "Saddam Hussein" to annoy the Iraqi leader, while Iraqi newsreaders retaliated by mispronouncing Bush so that, in Arabic, it meant "nothing."

  • As I'm sure y'all know, the Bush campaign purposely combatted the possibility of competing with mock spoof sites like gwbush.com by BUYING domain names (over 60 sites, from what I got from the Newsweek article).

  • Congress purposely underfunds the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

  • Worse, he's very big on language humor, on purposely mismatching tone and topic and veering abruptly between high-flown rhetoric and scatological bluntness.

  • The 30-item GDS is a widely used depression screening device specifically designed for the elderly [ 16 ] . A yes/no format was purposely chosen for ease of administration.


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