Words similar to motive

Example sentences for: motive

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

Gore has alleged in the past that he was protected in a different way at an earlier stage, but not out of a benign motive.
Anyway, the language business is the only conceivable motive for this book.
The papers do not mention a possible political motive for Clinton: George W. Bush is expected to launch a similar attack against Yeltsin's Chechnya campaign in a foreign-policy speech today, a position that the Clinton administration has now triangulated.
"For-profit sites face the same hurdle as any other site on the Internet: What is the motive behind the people providing the information?
Another "ugly" motive was anger at the Swiss, the paper claims, since Swiss IOC member Marc Hodler was largely responsible for exposing the IOC corruption.