Use of motive in Sentences. 28 Examples

The examples include motive at the start of sentence, motive at the end of sentence and motive in the middle of sentence

For urdu meanings and examples of motive click here

motive at the end of sentence


  1. What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
  2. Why would she have killed him? She has no motive.
  3. The capitalist system is based on the profit motive.
  4. The crime seemed to have been committed without motive.
  5. In the final analysis,(.com/motive.html) profit is the motive.

motive in the middle of sentence


  1. His motive was plain greed.
  2. What was his motive for doing that?
  3. The motive for the killing is unknown.
  4. Her prime motive was personal ambition.
  5. Their motive was greed, pure and simple .
  6. What do you suppose the killer's motive was?
  7. There seemed to be no motive for the murder.
  8. Water provided the motive power for the mill.
  9. His real motive for the crime remains obscure.
  10. Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder.
  11. Jealousy was assigned as motive for the crime.
  12. There may be a hidden motive for his departure.
  13. There seemed to be no clear motive for the attack.
  14. He claimed that his motive for stealing was hunger.
  15. No motive for the killing has yet been established.
  16. His motive for working so hard is that he needs money.
  17. The motive for this shocking attack seems to be racial hatred.
  18. Detectives have been unable to assign a motive for the murder.
  19. The police are still trying to establish a motive for the attack.
  20. So far, the police haven't got any clues as to the motive for the crime.
  21. In this trial two essential elements must be proven: motive and opportunity.
  22. All the evidence collected so far points to robbery as the motive of the crime.
  23. She must have some ulterior motive for being nice to me—what does she really want?

Sentence Examples for Similar Words:

Hawker

Word of the day

tantalize -
طعنہ دینا ,طنز کرنا
Harass with persistent criticism or carping.