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Example sentences for "for the express purpose"

  • It was organized in 1869 for the express purpose of securing this amendment: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

  • The National Woman Suffrage Association was formed in 1869 for the express purpose of obtaining an amendment to the Federal Constitution.

  • To show that the apprentices fully estimate the blessings of education, many females hire their apprentice children at a quarter dollar a week from their masters, for the express purpose of sending them to school.

  • A stately farce, indeed, to construct a special clause, and with appropriate rites induct it into the Constitution, for the express purpose of restricting a nonentity!

  • A stately farce, indeed, formally to construct a special clause, and with appropriate rites induct it into the Constitution, for the express purpose of restricting a nonentity!

  • A stately farce indeed, with appropriate rites to induct into the Constitution a special clause, for the express purpose of restricting a nonentity!

  • The place of first lord of the admiralty was offered to Lord Gower, who took a journey to Woburn, for the express purpose of consulting his grace upon the subject.

  • It seemed as though she had come in for the express purpose of eying me out of countenance.

  • It seemed as though the trouble had been devised for the express purpose of preventing me from being promoted to full pay; for the express purpose of upsetting my financial calculations in connection with my college plans.

  • It was as though it had been turned on for the express purpose of illuminating my disgrace.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "for the express purpose" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    for all; for another; for many; for the common benefit; for the very reason; for thy; foramen magnum; foregone conclusion; foreign affairs; foreign devil; foreign goods; foreign interference; foreign mission; foreign origin; foreign politics; foreign states; foreign troops; form boys; form water; former chapters; former existence; former experience; former journey; former time; forty year; forward movement