How to Use motivation in a Sentence

motivation

noun
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  • Some students need motivation to help them through school.
  • Many people have questioned her motivations in choosing to run for office at this time.
  • For one, you can get inspired and find motivation in the words of the Buddha.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 12 July 2023
  • On the final day of the 2021 season, Austin Hays felt a jolt of motivation.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2023
  • Even with the program in flux, there is still motivation to finish the year right.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • But his motivations are pure and his actions for the most part are also very pure.
    — WIRED, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Its motivation was to never again taste the agony of defeat.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • But when Jones met Alexander, the talent didn’t match the motivation.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • My main motivation was to live a longer and healthier life for her.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Laura: To me, the question is always what would be not the motivation for the aliens to mutilate the cattle?
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 24 May 2023
  • In terms of the newer cast, Alexandra and Peter’s motivations for change are murky at best.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a sense of urgency to the game, which offers clues to the motivations of those who built and distributed it.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The study examines the current habits and motivations of the workforce.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 25 May 2023
  • In the mud of the lack of motivation of their military personnel.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • And customers should tip in line with their own values and motivation.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 May 2023
  • And what Arrupe shows, to my mind, is that there's lots of motivation out there among low-income students.
    — Gideon Lichfield, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
  • And for founders who are struggling to raise funds right now—and by the looks of the data, that could be a lot of them—that customer focus could provide a bit of motivation.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 11 July 2023
  • The motivation for many of these founders is to use technology to assist human labor in the process.
    — Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • That was literally the entire motivation of it that then led to the events that have been reported on.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Looking for some motivation to help power you through the start of another work week?
    — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2023
  • After a week the researchers brought the latter finches back into the light, restoring their motivation to sing.
    — Olivia Ferrari, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2023
  • And his motivation has been the same for decades, usually involving his need to rescue Princess Peach from the evil King Bowser.
    — Zachary Small, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • In one corner: Schools with the means and motivation to participate in a mini-NFL.
    — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The motivation behind bringing the Swedish quartet to crowds in their 1970s glory is simple: The members are now much older, and didn’t tour much even as younger artists.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Especially on days when the weather is gloomy or my motivation is low, just wanting to get some miles in isn’t always enough to get me out there.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Characters that are able to convince you of their drive or motivation are more intriguing and charming in the eyes of the audience.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The fourth wall gets broken in these next four episodes when cast members discuss and question each others’ motivations for joining the show.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Tell us about them, and what was their motivation for starting this movement, or restarting this movement?
    — WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The motivation for attending their wedding led many to create once-in-a-lifetime trips.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The motivation and circumstances for the shooting are still unclear.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2023

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