First, the thought-then the purposeful motion down the straight line of a single track to a chosen goal.

The old nurse straightened the parchment with a purposeful motion.

Nearly everybody seemed to be in motion-calm, unhurried, but purposeful motion.

There was no sign of life: no large-scale structure, no purposeful motion.

Sounds of rapid and purposeful motion reached their ears.

He could sense, too, the animation in her eyes as he listened to them dart up and down in purposeful motion.

I'd hauled in enough teenagers to realize that, despite her purposeful motion and bland expression, she was under the influence of alcohol.

Even its eyestalks had a purposeful motion different from any- thing Rustaveli had seen before.

They were random movements to her, not purposeful motions.

Jacob lurched forward with an awkward but purposeful motion.