How to Use purposely in a Sentence

purposely

adverb

• The speech was purposely short and to the point but very detailed.
  — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 6 May 2021
• The oak floors and white wall behind the bed are purposely left bare.
  — Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• The most impressive thing about the sketch is the purposely bad singing.
  — Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
• Hunter alleges that during the next take, Goth purposely kicked him in the head with her boot.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
• Not much is known about the plot of the Barbie film, which has purposely been kept under wraps.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 3 July 2022
• The Toros came out with Wolfe purposely missing the second free throw.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• 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
• Cousins purposely threw the ball too high to avoid a defender.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 24 Dec. 2020
• Houston is what the Dolphins were in 2019 — a purposely bad team in a rebuild.
  — Keven Lerner, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• Defense lawyers have claimed that Mr. Singer made the plan seem above board and purposely misled their clients.
  — Brian Whitton, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
• Not back yet Canada is the only healthy piece of the Sparks’ back court that Miller purposely stacked with ball-handlers.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2023
• My description just above is rather vague about time and place -- and purposely so.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 11 May 2023
• For the last few months, Megan purposely stepped back from social media in order to heal.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 19 Apr. 2023
• But are the Cardinals purposely trying to lose games in 2023?
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
• One day, a tall, bulky man leaned around my Plexiglas shield and purposely coughed.
  — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• Did your purposely pick songs people wouldn’t expect to hear from you?
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• The issue is that these tools are not purposely built to manage MRO practices.
  — Paul J. Noble, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
• Valle purposely did not inform Mason of the presence of the camera.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2021
• The income tax universe was not designed for the way the wealthy have their wealth today, but it wasn’t designed purposely not to tax them.
  — ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2021
• In some cases, book clubs have formed purposely to prompt action.
  — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2020
• The driver of the car, also 19, purposely drove the vehicle with the rollerblader holding on from the outside.
  — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2021
• The video shows that the crossing barriers were down and the red lights were flashing when the driver turned from a side street and seemed to purposely go around the gate and into the train’s path.
  — Terry Spencer, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• Not that Noah is now purposely testing out melodies to his dad for future album use.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 22 July 2022
• In addition, the cables have been purposely left dangling at the back in a nod to the original arcade games.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
• And that’s exactly how the evening felt, purposely perfect.
  — Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2023
• The right hand branches out on its own, with the putter pinched claw-like between the thumb and forefinger, which can purposely make the right hand more passive in the stroke.
  — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
• Life is hard enough without purposely messing with a person's head and heart.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 30 Mar. 2023
• Be Clear About Consequences There will be times when your teen makes mistakes (or even purposely breaks your rules).
  — Amy Morin, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
• While some of her predecessors purposely aimed to bust down societal doors, Spears just wanted to excel as a pop star.
  — James Dinh, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025