How to Use pure in a Sentence

pure

adjective
  • The company bottles only the purest water.
  • Plus, it’s made out of pure cedar.
    — Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The sight of the open space was pure joy.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And just by pure chance, he gets brought down.
    — Emily Chang, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • But not even the purest of love can do that.
    — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 24 Oct. 2025
  • That’s very much just pure Scott.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Fresh juice and fruit, 100% pure.
    — Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • We should be allowed to feel pure anger.
    — Dawnie Jefferson, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Like some patients want pure blood.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026
  • There are some that are pure brand marketers.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The square-neck tank is pure chicness.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Well, that was just pure childhood.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 May 2026
  • Because that is when your mind is fresh and pure.
    — Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Which, to me, was akin to pure magic.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Straight Fit Jeans is pure chef’s kiss.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And there’s something pure about that.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Some years bring pure joy, and others, not so much.
    — Sam McDowell 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2026
  • This isn’t to say the movement is some paragon of pure fan love.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • Or being pure in some way, like a surf band or a garage band.
    — Katherine Turman, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This kind of calm was pure Obama.
    — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • This can end well for neither of them, but their love is pure even so.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Many clouds filled the sky, but large swaths of pure blue could also be seen.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
  • But the fast breaks are swift and crisp, the jump shots are pure and the crowds seem pleased.
    — Ernie Suggs, ajc, 11 May 2022
  • His fortune is no longer a pure tech story.
    — Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • They were not done bringing us into pure emo mode.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
  • But there is also something so pure about the dogs.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Just the pure joy of motion and music.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • And by the looks of it, this is pure visual warfare.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And this was such a pure survival story.
    — Outside, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Out of pure survival, I am forced to stay in the present.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026

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