Sentence examples for that was purposeful from inspiring English sources
"The first is that while I did grow up, as Adam did, in some idealistic formulation that was purposeful, at the same time I grew up in the town where Nike was founded.
Kornhaber locates a "Chaplinesque" visual approach that was "purposeful, intelligible, and rich," arguing that Chaplin was "deeply committed to exploring film as a consummate medium of expression, to challenging accepted cinematic orthodoxies, and to questioning what it means to make a film".
The object of mourning is abstracted, and that was purposeful".
They launched vigilante campaigns that were purposeful, if sometimes misguided.
In keeping with this tradition, many states differentiate between criminal behaviour that is purposeful, negligent or something in between.
"They have movements that are purposeful," Mr. Burgess said during a debate of the bill during the House Rules Committee meeting on Monday.
"The collection is about balancing utility with embellishment and decorative elements; creating clothes that are purposeful and functional, yet 'designed' at the same time.
Bonnaroo's magnificent main-stage sound system revealed details in the E Street Band's chiming-steamroller arrangements that are lost in arenas, and Mr. Springsteen's set barreled through nearly an hour of encores that were purposeful and jubilant.
What I have called semiotic theories of expression in dance usually focus on artistic dance expression as a form of communication that functions in a way that is similar to language, through "utterance" or through actions, signs, symbols and/or gestures that are "purposeful" or intentional in some way.
"Watch a sonogram of a 15-week baby, and they have movements that are purposeful," Burgess continued.
