were motiving

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of motive.
  motive

  noun

  something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive.

Related Words

• aim
• cause
• consideration
• emotion
• feeling
• idea
• impulse
• influence
• intent
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• rationale