How to Use motivate in a Sentence

motivate

verb

• No one knows what motivated him to act in such a violent way.
• Williams couldn’t motivate his guys in what should have been the biggest game of the season.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
• Use the full moon energy to motivate you to achieve those goals.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 June 2023
• The killing was motivated by an attempt to steal pills from the victim.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024
• Feeney said the recent deaths of her husband and son motivated her to reach out to Felder, who is now in his mid-80s.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• Sharing your ideas will motivate others to pitch in and help.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• Jonathan Gannon is about as motivating as the sound of your alarm clock going off in the morning.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
• That’s a question that motivates researchers like Itoh and Abrams.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 16 June 2023
• Passions are the factors that motivate people both at work and at home.
  — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Nothing motivates me more than knowing there’s a lot of people that want more from me.
  — Charis McGowan, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
• That has motivated Perez even more to come through for his team in 2024 — from making the Opening Day roster until the end of the season.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
• To be certain, Trump's rivals are working to motivate Iowans to vote in the caucuses.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2024
• Lúthien and Arwen were motivated by the love of a man (Beren and Aragorn, respectively).
  — Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
• Then, of course, there were the fireworks when Kiffin pointed out Paul Finebaum continues to motivate Saban to the detriment of the other teams in the league.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 20 July 2023
• Purpose: Blue Zone natives have a keen sense of purpose which motivates them in every day life.
  — Good Housekeeping, 8 Sep. 2023
• The invasion has been motivated by the Russian idea that Ukraine doesn’t exist.
  — WIRED, 10 July 2023
• Now, the problem here is that we are motivated by self-enhancement.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• Beyond his great looks, Korvo is super smart and knows to sit, shake and is very treat motivated.
  — The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
• And if anything, I've been motivated by people like Justin.
  — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
• The shooting outside the funeral home that led to the murder charge was reported to have been motivated by a dispute over a weapon.
  — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• The idea of enjoying baseball surfaced again when Ohtani was asked about what motivated him.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• What motivated her to part with her beloved bags is that eBay is donating all of the proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.
  — Andrea Lavinthal, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
• The competition is fierce, mostly motivated by ego and ratings rather than the $200 prize.
  — Sandra Song, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
• In 2020, Chapman told a parole board that he was motivated by jealousy.
  — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• Dantzler said his team is motivated by last year’s playoff loss to Boyle County.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2023
• Once, a major chemical spill — and the risk of huge losses of life or property — would have motivated Congress to act with haste.
  — Tony Romm, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
• Knowing what position your song reached can help motivate you to make music.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 20 June 2023
• Gone, apparently, was the perception that a party may be motivated to lie to win his or her case.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
• These social bonds would motivate the person to get along with other group members and strive for their children's survival.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2023
• Sanders will also join us to talk about the issues Republicans hope will motivate their voters.
  — CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024