Sentence examples for lacked purpose from inspiring English sources

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Our game lacked purpose, lacked penetration, lacked speed.

I felt we lacked purpose in our game.

That is not to say they lacked purpose.

Telling Lynda "her walking lacked purpose" showed I can shoot from the hip, though she looked so upset I gave her 7 to cheer her up.

His second term has lacked purpose and direction as it has lurched from crisis to crisis, many of which – the NSA, the IRS, White House security – have been self-imposed.

In a spellbinding bout of possession just before the half-hour mark, he orchestrated a sequence of flicks and one-touch passes that Ghana simply didn't look capable of - however, the move lacked purpose: keeping possession is all very well but Mikel seemed too satisfied with that, not bold enough to drive towards a target.

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Do you lack purpose?

It is why postmodernism lacks cohesion, why it seems to lack purpose or direction.

CNN is an information brand, full of meaning but lacking purpose, trapped in a television world.

It is a peripheral culinary entity, one that lacks purpose and scrutiny.

My guess is they will all find good reasons why Cameron's plan lacks purpose, effectiveness or exit strategy.

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