motivate
Example Sentences
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When possible, align these activities with the values you care most about to motivate yourself.
Admission: Working out with a personal trainer is the only thing that gets me motivated to exercise regularly and long-term.
From Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, nonfiction authors contemplate a Spanish shipwreck, a racially motivated murder, the origins of great ideas and how laughter can change our lives.
From Los Angeles Times
He was motivated to get one by a family member having had a heart attack.
From BBC
Falling support for China-friendly parties in Taiwan and Beijing's own army purges and slowing economy may also have motivated the drills, he said.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
