MOTIVATION in a Sentence
Learn MOTIVATION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
184 example sentences for MOTIVATION, such as:
1. There is a complete absence of motive.
2. Her prime motive was personal ambition.
3. In the final analysis, profit is the motive.
4. What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
5. Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder.
2. Her prime motive was personal ambition.
3. In the final analysis, profit is the motive.
4. What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
5. Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of MOTIVATION
Definitions: Search Google Search M.Webster
motivation
n. the condition of being motivated
n. the act of motivating; providing incentive
Classic Sentence: (133 in 9 pages)
1 The German name of the victim, the absence of all other motive, and the sinister inscription on the wall, all pointed to its perpetration by political refugees and revolutionists.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2 All who can distinguish will understand your motive.
3 That would only prove her affection not equal to sacrifices, which, in fact, I am scarcely justified in asking; and, if I am refused, that, I think, will be the honest motive.
4 Sir Thomas would not hear of it; and Mrs. Norris's anger against Fanny was so much the greater, from considering her residence there as the motive.
5 This had been her motive in going to her cousin's.
6 That was his motive for drawing back, I can assure you.
7 I have always wanted some other motive for his conduct than appeared.
8 It could be seen in her face that whatever motive she might have had in asking the youth indoors would soon appear.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
9 The fact only could be detected, her true motive never.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
10 From the time that I heard of the assistant having come for half wages, it was obvious to me that he had some strong motive for securing the situation.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
11 The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.
12 My motive for withholding it from the coroner's inquiry is that a man of science shrinks from placing himself in the public position of seeming to indorse a popular superstition.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
13 I had the further motive that Baskerville Hall, as the paper says, would certainly remain untenanted if anything were done to increase its already rather grim reputation.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
14 So far as the Barrymores go we have found the motive of their actions, and that has cleared up the situation very much.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
Context Highlight In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
15 There is a complete absence of motive.
Example Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1 Unless you are trying to lose weight to please yourself, it's going to be tough to keep your motivation level high.
2 His biggest challenge with this unit will be motivation.
3 Increased motivation is more than an incidental benefit of reward schemes.
4 Organizations have an interest in ensuring that employee motivation is high.
5 Such measures are likely to result in decreased motivation of the workforce.
6 His main motivation is to be a great teammate and to win.
7 In the final analysis, profit is the motive.
8 We needn't assume that there was a sinister motive for what she did.
9 There seemed to be no clear motive for the attack.
10 What makes life dreary is the want of motive.
11 No motive for the killing has yet been established.
12 The police are still trying to establish a motive for the attack.
13 His motive for working so hard is that he needs money.
14 Her prime motive was personal ambition.
15 Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder.