How to Use purity in a Sentence
purity
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But there’s a purity to Dud that The Dude doesn’t have.
—Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 28 May 2021
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The first is that it was named for the purity of its water.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
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Acid and salt are applied to the scratch, to test purity; 5-10% of items fail.
—The Economist, 15 Aug. 2020
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In the front of the card, a naked babe rides the white horse, showing the purity of heart and innocence of the Sun.
—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
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But Covid doesn’t care about the purity of your soul, or the goodness in your heart.
—Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 6 July 2020
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The purity of that love shows through in every role, from big to small.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024
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Is this some sort of purity test for the eco-conscious?
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
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That would be purity of purpose, mind you, and not quite of theme.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2021
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Now we were gathered again around her bed and what struck us was the loss of this purity.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
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Many considered the new gear an affront to the purity of the game.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Aug. 2021
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Hegar warns against the purity tests that some Democrats have with former members of the GOP.
—Allie Morris, Dallas News, 30 June 2020
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There is a certain purity to the bareness of the design.
—Jill Newman, Town & Country, 25 Jan. 2021
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The purity and openness coax out all the details in recordings and then some.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Their success can be traced back to the purity of their products.
—Cbd Scout, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
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As for the colors, the red stripes are for valor and the white stripes are for purity and innocence.
—Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2024
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As for the colors, the red stripes are for valor and the white stripes are for purity and innocence.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2024
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The only character with any kind of moral purity to them is Gary, the body guy.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2019
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Then there was the Big Maple Leaf coin, in all its purity, size, detail, and value.
—Hazlitt, 1 Mar. 2023
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But at the same time, moral purity is not going to win this election.
—Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2020
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The purity of art as a way of life, as a way of creating a world around you, and as a means of subversion.
—Elizabeth Isadora Gold, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2020
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Complexity, not purity, is the essence of the moral and the humane.
—Daniel Bergner, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
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Such purity of purpose is both the film’s strength and its weakness.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
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When the air is passed through the device, it is checked for the purity and quantity of the oxygen produced.
—Zoe Wells, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
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If my parents were the king and queen of the castle, my brothers were the knights who fought to protect my purity.
—Sasha Merci Medina, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2022
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If something challenges your heart and your soul and your mind and your sense of purity of what is right and wrong in the world, then just say no.
—Jack Irvin, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Its stockpiles have reached 60% purity, a short step away from weapons-grade, which is 90%.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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The trees creak in the wind, the air smells of purity, and my eyes jump among the beckoning billows of untracked powder.
—Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2021
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Freeman first mixes milk and seltzer for a white, foamy head; the purity of the foam is important to him.
—Rachel Ringler, sun-sentinel.com, 16 June 2021
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The Jonas Brothers rose to fame as teenagers, and many people were fascinated with the band’s decision to wear purity rings.
—Katherine Schaffstall, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
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If both home and abroad demand allegiance over inquiry, and purity over complexity, what space is left for someone who stands for the right of both Palestinians and Israelis to live on the land?
—Guy Ben-Aharon, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
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