Definition: 1. Free of extraneous elements of any kind. 2. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. 3. Concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied.
Use 'pure' in a sentence:
1. I had another helping of ice cream out of pure greed.
2. Nicholson never swerved from his aim of making pure and simple art.
3. It was pure guesswork on our part.
4. He gazed at her with pure adoration.
5. "Aromatherapy oils" are not pure essential oils but dilutions.
6. Infants prepared for baptism should be dressed in pure white.
7. The fish or seafood is heavily salted with pure sodium chloride.
8. His music is purer poetry than a poem in words.
9. The old man turned to give her a look of pure surprise.
10. Pure water is neutral with a pH of 7.
11. The story was certainly a favourite one, but it was undoubtedly pure invention.
12. It was pure, unadulterated hell.
13. His motives were pure.
14. Pure water is transparent.
15. It was pure chance that we were both there.
16. That's down to pure hard work.
17. They did not approach their subject solely as a matter of 'pure' theory.
18. It was simply one of those things, pure coincidence.
19. Physics isn't just about pure science with no immediate applications.
20. In remote regions, the air is pure and the crops are free of poisonous insecticides.
21. This pure cotton Oxford shirt comes in three colours.
22. Their affair was driven by pure lust.
23. She dismissed the newspaper reports as pure speculation.
24. These shirts are 100% pure cotton.
25. These cattle are one of the purest breeds in Britain.
26. I wanted so much to believe he was pure and noble.
27. Hybrids, unlike pure electric cars, never need to be plugged in.
28. The story is pure moonshine.
29. They met by pure chance.
30. This CD is pure bubblegum pop.
31. It's laziness, pure and simple.
32. This is pure surmise on my part.
33. Diamonds are pure carbon.
34. Pure alcohol is not for sale to the general public.
35. They were extreme anarcho-pacifists who believed in a pure form of nonviolent resistance.
36. She was dressed in pure white clothes.
37. The sheets are 100% pure cotton.
38. There were also moments of pure magic.
39. Scientists transmuted matter into pure energy and exploded the first atomic bomb.
40. One movie is classified as pure art, the other as entertainment.
41. The air was sweet and pure.
42. Classical dance in its purest form requires symmetry and balance.
43. The country's economic system is pure Alice in Wonderland.
