Example Sentences

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Buffett offered kind words about Walmart’s potential to succeed, but the snub was motivating for company executives at the time, the person said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

When I was making this film, that was something that was motivating me the whole time too.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

There was a lot of other stuff that public health experts did that really made people wonder what was motivating our advice and scientific judgment.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2024

Kading, however, suspects that something else was motivating Davis to keep a public profile—the quest for fame.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2023

The just realization had come to him during the preceding night that no ordinary desire for foreign travel was motivating my voyage.

From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa