Word of the Day: Motivate

[Em in Ohio]

Word of the Day: motivate - Use Some Form of It in a Sentence!
Definition: to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
Forms: motivational; motivator, noun; demotivate, verb (used with object); demotivated; demotivating; demotivator, noun; non-motivated, adjective; unmotivated

 

[Rosemarie]

The teacher did her best to motivate the students to work hard for their exams.

(Love this! Good teachers should inspire students to aspire to reach for their highest potential. ~ Em)

 

[Matrix]

I'm not lazy, I'm just not motivated enough to do anything.

(We all know that this doesn't apply to YOU! ~ Em)

 

[Em in Ohio]

I find sunshine motivational, prompting me to put on my mud clothes and work in my garden. On grey days, I'm unmotivated to even get out of my nightgown!

 

[Sliverfox]

Its hard to motivate a none reader to study.
You have to find something they like.

 

[Sliverfox]

An old car with lots of problems became a great motivational tool.

 

[hollydolly]

I've just returned from 2 and a half hour walk through our woods . I was motivated to do it to loosen up the muscles in my lower back

 

[RubyK]

Many older people lack the motivation to try anything new.

 

[RubyK]

The nuns at elementary school tried to motivate the girls to become nuns by having us join The Future Sisters Club. When my Mom saw my membership card, she quickly demotivated me by tearing up the card and throwing it into the trash bin.

 

[Kaila]

All of these great sentences in the above posts,
with such excellent and interesting examples of uses of Today's Word,
motivated me to write this one!

 

[Kaila]

And this one:
I love the feeling of motivation, that inner feeling of being motivated, feels so positive!

 

[RadishRose]

And this one:
I love the feeling of motivation, that inner feeling of being motivated, feels so positive!

I remember that feeling and hope to feel motivated tomorrow.