It had done so the moment the strangers made entry with obvious purpose.

Teachers must always realise that the 'obvious purpose of school is to fit children to the society in which they will grow up'.

Was she using them for some deeper agenda beyond her obvious purpose of getting her story?

Things of the night had been active throughout the hours of darkness, though with no obvious purpose.

"We could clean it up easily, and the obvious public purpose of housing is a reason to move expeditiously."

Its obvious purpose was to maintain the longitudinal balance when flying.

She avoided lingering over the obvious purpose of those stakes.

For obvious offensive purposes, he also had to keep himself in the game.

No one said so, but the obvious purpose of the long gap between trucks was safety.

The Umbilical is one of the few artifacts with an obvious and easily understood purpose.