Sentence examples for give a purpose from inspiring English sources
"I've decided, finally, to stick my head above the parapet so that I can take back my narrative and give a purpose to my past.
"To be able to give a purpose to my past, if I'm stuck with my past, feels meaningful to me," she says.
The question became: How do I find and give a purpose to my past?" Her main ambition for the future, she concluded, is to use her famous name to "get involved with efforts on behalf of victims of online humiliation and harassment and to start speaking on this topic in public forums".
The former White House Intern has stepped back into the public arena in order to reclaim her narrative and, as she said, "give a purpose to my past".
"I've decided, finally, to stick my head above the parapet so that I can take back my narrative and give a purpose to my past". As we learned on Monday, however, Lewinsky can take back her narrative only to the extent that online bullies - including those in the media itself - will allow her to.
When the final act comes via fire, bullet or starvation, it gives a purpose and moral trajectory to a life more or less ordinary.
People have to be led, they have to be given a purpose through which they feel they can make a difference.
