purposefulness

Nor did these men have a look of purposefulness about them.

Once again I was struck by the purposefulness of their behavior.

Finally with a fatalistic purposefulness, she decided to take the risk.

There are ways to make it engaging, without losing its purposefulness.

But it was a fine thing to be working hard, swept up in the wave of purposefulness.

Why has she always insisted that Jack exhibit a sense of purposefulness?

Everyone seemed to breathe a purposefulness, as though there was definite business on each mind and room for nothing else.

They are very independent and can cooperate in the pack with a special purposefulness.

Now there was a refinement to him, a control in his stance, a purposefulness.

A new sense of purposefulness now animated both groups.

In her intense purposefulness she tried to move him with her hands.

Once out of the capital, they moved down the road with a purposefulness that was positively frightening.

Men hurried along the pier, a new purposefulness in their movements.

But there was something about Dennis, her fourth - a maturity, a purposefulness.

He once said the Mini's beauty was its unabashed purposefulness.

Yet the purposefulness and, yes, the commitment of those in artistic charge is palpable.

But her authorial purposefulness is, on occasion, perhaps too apparent.

The statement also said: "This is a time for healing and purposefulness.

Such purposefulness could have seemed dull, even a little ornery, in another political setting.

Some retirees miss the purposefulness of work; some need the money.

Then he advanced on it with a hunter's purposefulness.

"He plays with dignity and a quiet purposefulness," Warren said.

Intensity and purposefulness drive chefs to be demanding, not compassionate.

There is a strong sense of purposefulness among some of the bathers.

While all this merely sets the table for the main event - the food - it does indicate a purposefulness.