Will FEU's second place win motivate them to work harder to win it next year?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference

According to Webster's, to motivate is to "provide with an incentive, move to action, impel".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Security Catalyst] Reference

I could be wrong, but it seems to make more sense to me that coins motivate more reliably than complaints.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greensboring® Greensboro, NC] Reference

"The importance of motivation is that it gets you to self motivate, which is the behavior that matters in weight loss," Webber explained.    From Wordnik.com.  [www.kyivpost.com] Reference

She regretted she couldn't go around and "motivate" people, though.    From Wordnik.com.  [New glasses approaching.] Reference

KALEEM: The issues that are going on do kind of motivate us to continue on what we're doing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2006] Reference

I wonder what phrases she will use to "motivate" the new recruit when he appears to be slacking.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Soldier's Story: 24 hours in the Army] Reference

It reminds me of the days Goldin would applaud budget cuts as an obscure way to 'motivate' NASA.    From Wordnik.com.  [NASA 2.0? - NASA Watch] Reference

P Isn't there any way to "motivate" the administration to do something about the staffing situation?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monday Therapy] Reference

A more personal threat here, the poison gel packs used to 'motivate' people in Gibson's Neuromancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Results: Reader Challenge #4 - The Top 27 Coolest Science Fiction Threats] Reference

As a bank, the Fed's main lever for moving the economy at this point is to "motivate" financial elites to act.    From Wordnik.com.  [Les Leopold: Another Thanksgiving Feast for Wall Street...Taxpayer Supported] Reference

Well, we've only got 60 or so days left to see if we can "motivate" Obama and Biden to at least bark, even if we'll never get them to bite.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's now heartbreakingly clear that we're going to have to win this election IN SPITE OF Obama and Biden!] Reference

Using a tax to "motivate" people means the tax has to be onerous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tyee - Home] Reference

Spending time and energy to "motivate" people is a waste of effort.    From Wordnik.com.  [dubai in vogue] Reference

They do not "motivate" the story carefully, or move logically from event to event.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Study of Poetry] Reference

They kind of motivate me once I get my chance, like 'They did it, now it's my turn.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

Do you exaggerate threats or create a heightened sense of urgency to "motivate" people?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business Know-How Newsletter. Ideas to market and manage small businesses.] Reference

You shouldn't need to "motivate" a guy by threatening to spend a first-round pick on a passer, either.    From Wordnik.com.  [FanHouse] Reference

It was at the conclusion of that hearing that Hecker was taken into custody, in Judge Quam's words, to "motivate" him.    From Wordnik.com.  [kare11.com - Top Stories News] Reference

"So I think that a lot of our players that were on those teams have used that over the offseason to kind of motivate them.".    From Wordnik.com.  [IndyStar.com Top Stories] Reference

"motivate" the other NATO cowards to do their share.    From Wordnik.com.  [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference

Why does being black seem to motivate some, but enervate others?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Place On ‘The Black List’] Reference

"It's not the issues that motivate him," grouses one Dole adviser.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Pilgrimage To Perot] Reference

Every time I go home, I try to spend time with kids, to motivate them.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Journey to the Top] Reference

In the long term, stress can motivate us to do better at jobs we care about.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Says Stress Is Bad For You?] Reference

The intent: to reward good past performance and motivate effort in the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are CEOs Paid Too Much?] Reference

We are attacking in order to motivate the Palestinian Authority to take action.    From Wordnik.com.  ['A Deep Friendship'] Reference

I'm trained to get inside their heads and push the buttons that will motivate them.    From Wordnik.com.  [CONFESSIONS OF A PERSONAL TRAINER] Reference

I joined my school's leadership ranks and took pride in my ability to motivate people.    From Wordnik.com.  [A College Dream Ends Too Soon] Reference

Does normal human curiosity and a need to know what's over the next horizon motivate us?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters: August 24 & 31, 2009] Reference

"He has a great sensitivity towards people, a great understanding of how to motivate people.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Cleaning Up A Messy Bureau] Reference

What helps kill turnout is the simple absence of enough information to motivate people to vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between The Lines Online: Civic Hypocrisy] Reference

So why did Democratic candidates not bring all this up to motivate supporters to get to the polls?.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Went Wrong] Reference