on purpose

phrase

: by intent : intentionally

I knew they hadn't done it on purpose.

Examples of on purpose in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Nazi counterintelligence was so brutal that the Germans couldn’t imagine enemy soldiers would want to get captured on purpose. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Test ​The discipline that used to be enforced by cost now has to be enforced on purpose. — Andrew Siemer, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

By the 2004 campaign, the vocabulary was everywhere, carrying connotations that nobody had assigned it on purpose. — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

One gets the sense that maybe this humble presentation is all on purpose; that maybe there’s a pill in the peanut butter—that this argument is being made by a filmmaker who spent a decade reading up on urban theory. — Lila Allen, Architectural Digest, 18 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for on purpose

• multipurpose