How to Use ulterior in a Sentence

ulterior

adjective

• For him, the tree is saved for the tree’s sake alone, without an ulterior motive.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• For him, the tree is saved for the tree's sake alone, without an ulterior motive.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 21 Aug. 2017
• Does the cop snooping around the house have ulterior motives here?
  — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• And there may be ulterior motives designed to be used in talks with the union for the players for a new labor agreement.
  — Maury Brown, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• But while Carmichael seems kind and friendly, his ulterior motives may be the darkest this show has seen yet.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 1 July 2020
• On the faces of a child, a vicar, a cop; sometimes threatening, other times more timid, but with a clear sense of ulterior motives.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2022
• But Triss has her own ulterior motives for making the trek.
  — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
• Now, Warren is first and foremost a politician and there could be a lot of ulterior motives here.
  — Luke Darby, GQ, 3 Nov. 2017
• There is an ulterior motive – to avoid traffic and the 20 mph zones before and after school.
  — cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2019
• That, Blinken said, is proof of Putin’s ulterior motive.
  — Matthew Lee, chicagotribune.com, 20 Jan. 2022
• Secrets and ulterior motives are de rigueur at work, and with no respite from colleagues, gloves come off.
  — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2020
• The Comey who emerges in these pages seems to doubt his aides and his bosses and suspect everyone around him of ulterior motives.
  — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2020
• Los Angeles has a bad rap for being a fake place; a land of fillers to plump up our sagging faces and broad smiles to hide ulterior motives.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
• The ulterior motive was to use our success to change where the songwriter sits in the economic equation.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 21 Sep. 2021
• For 90 minutes, perhaps people could resist the urge to be cynical, to search for the ulterior motive, to be on high alert.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2020
• Ivory praised Nelson as a rare breed of AAU coach who truly has the interests of his players at heart and has no ulterior motives.
  — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2020
• But this is the Tudor court after all, which means Catherine has plenty of her own ulterior motives and bids for power.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2022
• A top aide to the mayor suggested the firefighters have an ulterior motive for lending a hand with the recall.
  — Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2017
• In her caption, Bell joked there was an ulterior motive behind all of Shepard's hard work.
  — Kelly Wynne, PEOPLE.com, 31 May 2022
• The camps—like Buchenwald—that stood on East German land were better-maintained, but with an ulterior motive.
  — Mattie Kahn, The Atlantic, 5 May 2022
• Plus, Davenport might have ulterior motives for hiring Dan in the first place.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2022
• At the Tiedeman house, Aleksander is asking someone on the phone to figure out Clausen’s ulterior motives.
  — Abbey Maxbauer, refinery29.com, 25 June 2019
• Patrick Curley, chief of staff to Barrett, has suggested that the firefighters union and Jansen had ulterior motives for their roles in the recall drive.
  — Daniel Bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2017
• Another fan pointed out that Paige/Michelle's friend who came to talk to Preacher could've had an ulterior motive.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 5 Dec. 2020
• But the rescue mission takes a dark turn as the group fight to stay alive in freezing temperatures and ulterior motives are revealed.
  — Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 29 June 2021
• Hadder isn't sure if NGM has any ulterior motives for suspending the project.
  — Scott Sonner, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
• On the quiet, though, our heroes have an ulterior motive.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 June 2020
• The problem with this latest Ronaldo rumour, as with all rumours linking him to United over the years, is that there may still be ulterior motives at play.
  — SI.com, 25 June 2018
• Shallcross also opened up about weeding out women with ulterior motives to finding a true connection as the show progresses.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
• Her ulterior motivation for enrolling at FIU, though, was to use its darkroom to develop her photographs.
  — Nadine Zylberberg, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024