Sentence examples for purposes was from inspiring English sources

Only the last of these purposes was served.

The exploitation of his P.O.W. experiences for political purposes was embarrassing.

The game, for all practical purposes, was over at that point.

Government financing for marketing purposes was too meager to do the job, according to the association.

More intriguing for our purposes was the pyramidal temporary auditorium designed to screen the movie.

But some critics hammered him, saying that using the image for commercial purposes was inappropriate.

In 1974 the age of majority for this and other purposes was reduced to 18.

One of its main purposes was to help them decide the molding question.

And then suddenly blood was flowing aboard Luna Rossa and the race, for all intents and purposes, was over.

Growing and selling pot for medicinal purposes was legal in Colorado but had a shadowy, seedy image.

That was good for me, because one of my purposes was to get familiar with American people".