How to Use purpose in a Sentence

purpose

noun

• The loans are small but they serve a good purpose.
• The purpose of the new resort is to attract more tourists.
• We started work again with a renewed sense of purpose.
• Sometimes his life seemed to lack purpose or meaning.
• But this one comes with a purpose.
  — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
• The purpose was to keep them away from hunters.
  — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
• Their purpose in life and their place in the world.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
• Each herbal tea has a unique use and health purpose.
  — Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2026
• Counter heights vary on purpose.
  — Amy Kunst, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2026
• If all are healthy, each one serves a unique purpose.
  — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
• The purpose of this is to make these men feel seen and heard.
  — Malka Abramoff, ABC News, 7 June 2023
• Our main purpose is to make those voices loud.
  — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
• Friends can also give us a greater sense of purpose.
  — Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• There's going to be a purpose to this.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
• And for once there was some unity in purpose.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
• Make sure all of your spaces have one purpose.
  — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2026
• As the platform grew, so did her purpose.
  — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
• Jones made the first free throw and missed the second on purpose.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2025
• Their sole purpose is to protect me.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• Her life is this war on Gilead and that’s her purpose in life.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2022
• The stars themselves are rarely bright enough for this purpose.
  — Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2021
• What's a new purpose that scratches that itch?
  — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
• Give your old tees a new purpose with these ideas from experts.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
• And what those 20 years taught me is that purpose doesn’t rush.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
• The reasons vary from the ethics to the process to the lack of purpose.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2022
• The purpose is for the throw to reach the bag before the buzzer sounds.
  — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
• Booth loves cars and loves to drive, so the goggles serve a purpose.
  — Prescotte Stokes Iii, star-telegram, 3 Nov. 2017
• Your past doesn’t define you; your purpose does.
  — Emad Rahim, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• Smoot knows there’s a purpose in his challenges.
  — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
• But its main purpose is to scent your space for up to eight cordless hours.
  — Nykia Spradley, Allure, 29 Nov. 2021