Sentence examples for purposes a purpose from inspiring English sources

Some offices use social security numbers for bookkeeping purposes, a purpose for which it was not designed.

You're put in this position with a purpose, a purpose to learn and to grow and to evolve.

Inwardly, these excesses are made to serve a spiritual purpose, the purpose of an affirmation still unfocused, still to be defined, unsystematic.

"Zero tolerance has a purpose, a legitimate purpose, but they're abusing it right now," he said.

"It was a purpose of my work, a purpose of living".

"We're here for a purpose — I'm here for a purpose," he said Thursday night.

It gave me a purpose, and that purpose has been very much a part of my recovery".

Maybe that's the purpose — if there is a purpose, and I don't know that there is.

He bristles with purpose, but it's a purpose with no team solidarity; his sporting will is entirely self-centred.

The Pentagon says all the ground rules have a purpose, even if that purpose is not necessarily self-evident.

The "themes" for the Republican effort, for example, range from "Opportunity with a Purpose" through "Prosperity with a Purpose" to "President with"—wait for it—"a Purpose".