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Example sentences for: motive

How can you use “motive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

What possible motive would they have had?
Although the stated goal is anti-proliferation of mass-destruction weapons and enhancing regional stability, both the WP and WSJ report an additional one: giving Iraqis a motive and an opportunity to overthrow Saddam.
Mainichi Shimbun speculated that jealousy might have been a motive for groups within Tajikistan or other neighboring countries envious of Japan's generous aid program to Kyrgyzstan.
Precautionary saving motive.
Or perhaps, for you, "instrumentalization" hinges on motive : Perhaps you believe the Holocaust was invoked for these ends "cynically" or "insincerely"?