Motive used in a sentence, 12 examples

Motive in a sentence as a noun

What motive would the author have to fake the review?

It just isn't the case - our engineers are great and our motives are pure.

I can only guess their motive was to look good in benchmarks that everyone like to run and post results on the web.

Taking out a key competitor seems like the obvious motive.

Why didn't they didn't just include a female usb port?Edit: I'm skeptical about their motive.

The money actually added to the problem, because it meant even when he wasn't paying, people had a motive to hang around.

Motive in a sentence as an adjective

I think there's a lot to be said for contributing back to the community for the greater good, without a profit motive.

I don't know what his motive is, suffice to say that it could be either, and assuming the worst is not necessarily valid.

But the cynicism that says there is some ulterior motive cuts deep, especially coming from someone I respect like you, Matt.

", you might ask. Turns out he even had an ulterior motive to be mad at the Army, he had recently been demoted from Specialist for physically assaulting a fellow soldier.

Of course, it is possible that a lawyer may be willing to take on the case, at substantial cost, just to get publicity or for some other non-monetary motive.

" [2]I think that this is a perfectly plausible explanation and don't think that the real ulterior motive is controlling resale, especially when other foreign competitors do not have the same restrictions.

Motive definitions

noun

the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"

12 example sentences using motive.

Motive used in a sentence

Motive in a sentence as a noun

Motive in a sentence as an adjective

Motive definitions