How to Use motivated in a Sentence

motivated

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• In the wrestling room at Francis Scott Key, the girls wrestling team is a little more motivated.
  — Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2023
• Love: After a howdy, the pandas are more motivated to mate.
  — Shayla Love, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2023
• How excited are the fans, and how motivated is the band feeling?
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2023
• In this coin-toss race, any single motivated bloc could have the power to decide the outcome.
  — Noah Bressner, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
• The group’s own research has found that roughly two-thirds of Asian voters in Texas were highly motivated to vote in the 2022 midterm elections.
  — Ayanna Alexander, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• What keeps you motivated to study these parts of the universe’s history?
  — Sarah Scoles, Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
• Billy is one of my most motivated students in all my years of teaching.
  — Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
• The Crusaders looked motivated at home and struck early, But the Rams’ speed took over in the second quarter and the visitors never looked back.
  — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
• All of them are anxious and motivated to get Clemson back in the College Football Playoff.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 4 Sep. 2023
• Trump has denied all charges and has said the probes are part of a politically motivated witch hunt.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 21 July 2023
• The rapper opened up and talked more about Mr. W, his views on retirement, and what keeps him motivated after more than 20 years in the industry.
  — Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2024
• There's nothing worse for a runner than feeling motivated to hit the roads, but not being able to because of an injury.
  — Ravi Davda, Health, 6 Apr. 2023
• Morales agreed that the team is extra motivated to beat St. Louis after the poor midweek performance.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
• Nacua, who enjoyed a record-setting rookie season in 2023, said last week that the first week of workouts with the highly motivated Kupp were the toughest.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• So, both the Clippers and Warriors should be highly motivated to defeat the Blazers. 2.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023
• Long story short, get ready Tigers hitters; a motivated and in-form Verlander is on the docket.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2023
• In turn, your team members might be more motivated to be transparent about their choices at work.
  — Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023
• Roof was sentenced to death for the racially motivated murders.
  — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
• Kyle Shanahan might not need to buy anything for his San Francisco 49ers to keep them motivated to pull off their own season-opening win on the road.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• On the right, the recent uproar over Thomas and his wife is seen as politically motivated, not ethics.
  — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• However, polling has shown that Democrats were more motivated to vote by the Dobbs decision than Republicans in the run-up to the midterm elections.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
• There’s a huge amount of people who are aware, interested and motivated right now.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 July 2023
• Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges that have been brought, and has dismissed the probes as politically motivated.
  — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2023
• Coming in off three days' rest, the Clippers opened the game with a 23-11 run in which a clearly motivated Westbrook scored eight points and assisted on their first two baskets.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
• Chronic pain can be awful, so people are very motivated to find pain relief by any means.
  — Ed Cara / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
• The Dolphins will enter highly motivated to make up for their showing in Week 14 last season.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• To ensure that only the most motivated soldiers wind up in its assault unit, recruits are given a choice.
  — Andrew E. Kramer Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• Trump's ads in the wake of the verdict echo the theme of his rhetoric throughout the trial: that the charges against him were part of a politically motivated effort by Democrats to weaken his campaign.
  — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 31 May 2024
• Trump has claimed that the criminal case against him is politically motivated and denied wrongdoing.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2024
• In the criminal complaint, prosecutors call the shooting racially motivated.
  — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024