"motive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The term often implies some underlying motive of revenge prompting the return.
- And it had an underlying motive.
- Mitch sensed an underlying motive but didn't press.
- "We also knew there was an underlying motive" for Duncan - to ingratiate himself with Longhofer.
- You could grasp the mechanics of the Society you lived in, but not its underlying motives.
- You also identify some underlying motives for this manifestation of German connivance in helping Jews escape.
- Ayatollah Khomeini's campaign, whatever its underlying motive, must be seen as a frontal assault on Western values.
- There must be a moral to this menu manipulation that relates, primarily, to the transitory nature of fame, when its underlying motive is greed.
- Their underlying motive was the neoconservative dream of transforming the Middle East.
- He recalled the story Maddie had related at her cabin, and he entertained a cynical suspicion there might be an underlying motive to her presence.
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