How to Use serve no purpose in a Sentence

serve no purpose

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• But no one really minds, since the windows serve no purpose.
  — Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
• The boxes serve no purpose, and yet, 90% of these students don’t throw them away.
  — Adam Coffey, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• Common items like chairs serve no purpose when little gravity is present.
  — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
• Samsung finally admitted that curved screens are a bad idea and serve no purpose.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
• To Hamas, if Hamas is not to be, then the residents of Gaza serve no purpose.
  — Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
• Often, the apps in question are nothing more than cheap fakes that serve no purpose other than infecting phones.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 1 Dec. 2021
• Your husband’s stance on this is irrational and will serve no purpose other than to penalize the boy -- and both of you.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 13 Dec. 2020
• Most duplicate genes serve no purpose and are eventually lost.
  — Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022
• Friends serve no purpose other than to silently judge you, gossip about you, and, on occasion, steal your Eve.
  — Craig Thomas, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2022
• Like pixie dust at Disney parks, these little trinkets serve no purpose other than spreading joy to strangers.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
• People do not repeatedly engage in behaviors that serve no purpose.
  — Gwilym Roddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
• The unnecessary teensy twin spoilers seem to serve no purpose beyond making loading things into the bed of the truck harder.
  — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
• In quality assurance, scapegoats serve no purpose except the short-term satisfaction of a few.
  — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
• The album’s bloated tracklisting comes in part because of how many songs serve no purpose other than to air out grievances between millionaire celebrities.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2021
• The use of a puppet caricature of a rabbi toward the end, however, seemed to serve no purpose other than empty provocation.
  — Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 19 May 2024
• The idea of empty calories also perpetuates the misconception that protein and fat from less nutritious foods serve no purpose.
  — Christine Byrne, Outside Online, 28 Feb. 2021
• Dutch chemists also ensure the supplies remain a step ahead of substance prohibitions, even if some ingredients serve no purpose other than as components of meth.
  — Valentina Pop, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020
• America cannot afford to waste billions of dollars that serve no purpose other than enriching the military-industrial complex.
  — Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
• Contee said identifying the man by name, customarily not done unless criminal charges are filed, would serve no purpose and could harm the investigation.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
• Concha also argued that conservatives serve no purpose on the show other than providing additional ratings.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2022
• Still, the judge said after imposing the top fine allowed that jail would serve no purpose as Kenner was retiring facing disbarment or other disciplinary consequences from his criminal conviction.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024