“The professor always does his best to motivate us to study hard.”

“His greed would motivate his unscrupulous behavior.”

“A similar need to divert the audience at every instant seems to motivate the film's incessant stream of chatter.”

“Most times, revenge in sports motivates a player for a few minutes or maybe a game.”

“This realization motivates many libraries to consider large-scale digitization efforts.”

“All hail the beneficent spirit that motivates these historians of social ethics!”