How to Use purpose-built in a Sentence

purpose-built

adjective

• The metal rolling base uses locking wheels and feels purpose-built rather than generic.
  — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
• This venue is purpose-built to deliver perfect sound, the best ever.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• Olympic rowing takes place on a tranquil, natural or purpose-built lakes.
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
• The unique, future-forward design is purpose-built for alpine running.
  — Men's Health, 21 Feb. 2023
• This is true for adults riding together too, unless the sled is purpose-built for tandem use.
  — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
• Plus, the 84% polyester / 16% elastic blend is purpose-built to dry fast and wick away sweat like a champ.
  — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• River cruise companies are adding new ships purpose-built for cruising the Nile.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
• This means businesses need to hand machine agents a structured set of access keys that are pre-scoped and purpose-built.
  — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
• There was a tool that seemed purpose-built for stabbing—about a foot long, with a curved handle and a steel blade filed into the shape of a talon.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
• Elliott has helped add two directors to the board who are purpose-built for this situation.
  — Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 23 Aug. 2025
• Universities are purpose-built to resist change of almost any kind.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
• These bottles/mugs are purpose-built with leak-proof, drink-through lids that offer access without the need to remove the top.
  — Adam Trenkamp, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
• The surf-and-turf destination is purpose-built for breezy evenings and a carefree retirement.
  — Elazar Sontag, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2026
• Tunnels leading to the field have been purpose-built to accommodate trucks and trailers of road-legal height.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2025
• That means pretty much everything in the cannabis industry, including all of the tech, is purpose-built from scratch.
  — Dustin Eide, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
• Sunset Dunes now offers something rare, a space purpose-built for skateboarding.
  — Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
• And at the heart of this fiction stood a character who seemed purpose-built for the moment — a few parts crypto whisperer, a few parts folk hero.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
• The company, which is expected to make its public market debut this week, seems purpose-built for the moment.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
• Soon came the rebrand and the gorgeous stadium purpose-built for a really cool and winning franchise.
  — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
• Plus's SuperDrive system is purpose-built for these challenges.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
• There are two primary suites, each purpose-built for comfort and luxurious seclusion.
  — Sacbee.com, 22 Nov. 2025
• Viking also has a ship purpose-built for the Mississippi River.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
• This vehicle will reportedly be purpose-built to function solely as a self-driving cab.
  — Brett Berk, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
• To be sure, these machines are being purpose-built for agentic AI tasks run locally on the device.
  — John Burek, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
• But mainframes, which are purpose-built to process enormous amounts of data, are still extremely relevant today.
  — Andrew Hudson, Ars Technica, 24 July 2023
• Most of the cars are purpose-built for the race, but Aston Martin went the other route and converted a road car for racing.
  — ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
• On this elegant, rather clubby-vibing ship purpose-built for the region, relish plenty of deck space for viewing birds and marine life.
  — Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
• With only a few hundred residents and almost no cars, the island feels purpose-built for disconnection.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026
• There are lots of timers, even Pomodoro-technique-specific models, that are cheaper, smaller, and purpose-built.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 12 July 2024
• Carnival ships are purpose-built for entertainment in various forms.
  — Scott Laird, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026