How to Use motivate in a Sentence

motivate

verb

• No one knows what motivated him to act in such a violent way.
• The Bills still have things to play for and that will motivate Josh Allen to run a tight ship.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2022
• The drive to better his craft is what motivates the 6-foot-2 point guard.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2023
• Spruce up the walls in their study area with a cute framed print that will motivate them to achieve their goals for the school year.
  — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2022
• 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
• She’s brought the same care to coaching, a unique style that shows there’s more than one way to motivate.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• Use a New Year's quote to keep you inspired and motivate your TL.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 9 Dec. 2022
• There are about 100 pins include to motivate you to plan your next trip.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 4 Jan. 2023
• Use the full moon energy to motivate you to achieve those goals.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 June 2023
• The new law isn’t the only thing that Democrats hope will motivate young voters this year.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
• Petrie said that perceived slight will not motivate the Toreros.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
• The killing was motivated by an attempt to steal pills from the victim.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024
• Both will be motivated by more than a ring in the finals.
  — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024
• That was all the red corner could do to motivate their fighter.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• 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
• There seemed to be hesitation in the crowd, and Chucky was trying to motivate the troops.
  — Andrew Meier, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2022
• Sharing your ideas will motivate others to pitch in and help.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• This is what has motivated me from the 1970s until now.
  — USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023
• 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
• Images that reveal the costs of climate change can motivate the public to act.
  — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 3 July 2024
• More and more users seem to be asking for advice that will hurt their feelings enough to motivate them.
  — Renée Onque, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
• Because small amounts of progress can help motivate borrowers to stay the course.
  — Ivana Pino, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
• Nothing motivates me more than knowing there’s a lot of people that want more from me.
  — Charis McGowan, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
• If that wasn’t enough to motivate you, this also landed a spot on this year’s Oprah’s Favorite Things.
  — Vanessa Powell, ELLE, 14 Nov. 2022
• The specific start and end times motivate people to buy on whim for fear of missing out, says Thomas.
  — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024
• Mifepristone isn’t the only drug to fall along the social fault lines motivating the suit.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2023
• The ideas of the founder of the Competitive Enterprise Institute were motivated by love for his fellow man.
  — Iain Murray, National Review, 28 Nov. 2024
• Despite Noel’s longtime public proclamations to the contrary, a reunion was inevitable, even if it was purely motivated by money (in Noel’s case, a costly divorce).
  — Spin Team, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024