How to Use purposely in a Sentence

purposely

adverb

• The oak floors and white wall behind the bed are purposely left bare.
  — Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• The speech was purposely short and to the point but very detailed.
  — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 May 2021
• Ted accepts a huge bet and purposely falls behind in the game.
  — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
• And his impulse was to build a show that felt purposely aimless.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
• Someone had purposely bent this strong steel that is attached to the sign.
  — Kristi Myllenbeck, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2017
• Cousins purposely threw the ball too high to avoid a defender.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020
• The most impressive thing about the sketch is the purposely bad singing.
  — Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
• Did your purposely pick songs people wouldn’t expect to hear from you?
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• My description just above is rather vague about time and place -- and purposely so.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 11 May 2023
• In some cases, book clubs have formed purposely to prompt action.
  — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2020
• Kiyan purposely keeps his circle small.
  — Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
• And, mail-in ballots are purposely designed for fraud.
  — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
• Bernick says the act was purposely written to be sweeping and broad in scope.
  — Brian Bennett, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
• Many of the ones that were found appear to have been purposely discarded.
  — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
• After purposely stepping on it, Winslow tried to break the lens with his hands.
  — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• The Helms hadn't purposely set out to create a fire-safety zone.
  — Anne Ryman, azcentral, 23 June 2018
• Hunter alleges that during the next take, Goth purposely kicked him in the head with her boot.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
• One day, a tall, bulky man leaned around my Plexiglas shield and purposely coughed.
  — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• Not much is known about the plot of the Barbie film, which has purposely been kept under wraps.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 3 July 2022
• Darvish felt the Astros were purposely trying to get his pitch count up to knock him out of the game.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram.com, 6 June 2017
• The models reached the end and posed under a spotlight, in front of a trash can that had been purposely tipped over.
  — Chicago Tribune, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2024
• But the owners and builders purposely left some fire scars on the exterior of the house.
  — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• Raben purposely leaves 10 to 20 yards of grass between his plots and the wood’s edge.
  — Michael R. Shea, Field & Stream, 30 Dec. 2019
• Again, few were masked, and some seemed to walk purposely close to their Biden counterparts as a kind of taunt.
  — Mark Leibovich, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2020
• McCann had purposely built just one coffee area at the front of the building.
  — Dallas News, 21 May 2020
• For the last few months, Megan purposely stepped back from social media in order to heal.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 19 Apr. 2023
• The Toros came out with Wolfe purposely missing the second free throw.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• The Traitors purposely put one of their own in one of the coffins in order to throw everyone off the scent.
  — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025
• Then again, the fan-favorite actor could be purposely playing coy as to the true nature of what the script states.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
• Gone are the days of Griffin bricking wide-open threes and purposely being sent to the free-throw line.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 27 Oct. 2017