In a sentence
Six example sentences with motivated, each labelled with its topic.
A small travel grant left the graduate students motivated enough to run the tide measurements through two cold winters.
Science
Free passage and a plot of land left settlers motivated to cross a continent that had defeated earlier parties.
History
A commission worth two years of rent left the painter motivated to finish the ceiling before the cardinal returned.
Art
A bonus for every rebound left the bench players motivated to crash the boards on every single missed shot.
Basketball
Stock options kept the first ten hires motivated through two years of low pay and weekends in the office.
Startups
A tax credit left factory owners motivated to install new boilers, and orders doubled the year it took effect.
Economics
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