Motif in a sentence as a noun

This would likely come at the cost of literal inability to be attentive to motifs that haven't been stored.

People often point to the leather motif in certain Apple applications as an example of such excess.

Computationally, these motifs can be adapted to a particular corpus in order to improve detection and prediction rates while using a smaller bank of motifs.

In studies on ferrets scientists have discovered that the second auditory cortex, A2, tends to collect sonic motifsthings like a quickly rising pitch beginning near middle C, or any kind of warbling, or clear, constant tones at various pitches.

It features no overarching religious motif, though it is common for various aspects of folk religion to manifest as ancillary rituals - folk religions that lack any form of organization and scripture, mind you.

Or perhaps, alternatively, marriage in China is primarily a cultural institution, where religious motifs are applied, removed, and changed over millenia to suit the religious mores of its time?

Motif definitions

noun

a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration

See also: motive

noun

a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music

See also: motive

noun

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"

See also: theme