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Example sentences for "other purpose"

  • The rivers which man believes flow for no other purpose than to irrigate his residence, sometimes swell their waters, overtop their banks, inundate his fields, overturn his dwelling, and sweep away the flock and shepherd.

  • Age after age has passed away, for no other purpose than to behold their wretchedness.

  • This falsehood could be intended for no other purpose than to keep the eyes of the people shut against the dangers to which they were exposed.

  • To express this sorrow with the force I feel it, would answer no other purpose than to revive in your breast that poignancy of anguish, which by this time I hope is abated.

  • They also initiated, it was said, every candidate by such infamous rites as could serve to no other purpose than to degrade the order in his eyes, and destroy forever the authority of all his superiors over him.

  • This part of the resolution could have been introduced for no other purpose.

  • Sure he was, that if this was received, it would not be long before the table would be filled with similar complaints, and the House might sit for no other purpose than to hear them.

  • He said: "My other purpose is to apprise the Indians that they are not to be oppressed, as has been sagely foretold: that the same justice which will be meted to the citizen shall be meted to them.

  • He had risen for no other purpose than to make this statement, lest the impression should go abroad with the report that he assented to those portions of it which did not meet his approbation.

  • But this is none other than barbarous quakerism, the stress of their writing also tending to no other purpose.

  • A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.

  • Laws were made against the exportation of money, plate, or bullion: [v] a precaution which serves to no other purpose than to make more be exported.

  • But as this mixture would have appeared extremely barbarous, and was plainly calculated for no other purpose than to retain the people in their ancient ignorance, the proposal was rejected.

  • They who wronged them had no other purpose except to turn them away from Thee, and to extinguish the fire which Thou hadst kindled with the hands of Thine almighty power.

  • In this Thou hadst no other purpose except to try them who have manifested Thy most excellent titles unto all who are in heaven and on earth.

  • The reader may remember, that in our description of this grove we mentioned a murmuring brook, which brook did not come there, as such gentle streams flow through vulgar romances, with no other purpose than to murmur.

  • But to write the true nature and actions of such Rubbish, were to no other purpose then to foul a vast quantity of paper with a deal of trash and trumpery.

  • Both ponies and hunters were trained to the ultimate perfection of skill and the favoured buffalo horse served no other purpose than to bear his master in the chase.

  • The buffalo was, in truth, the great political factor among the tribes; nearly all of the bitter warfare between nation and nation was for no other purpose than to maintain or gain the right to hunt in favourable fields.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "other 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:
    close vessel; other animal; other beings; other castes; other causes; other crime; other day; other device; other effect; other fields; other gentlemen; other mens; other occupations; other parties; other parts; other person; other public; other regions; other ruins; other seasons; other self; other specimens; other trees; other way; others will; wicked life