Sentence examples for charitable motive from inspiring English sources

There'd been no generous intent in the giving of the money, no honorable guilt had inspired the gesture, no charitable motive.

But Leimberg warns, "You should have a charitable motive.

American TV star Steve-O points out on his Instagram feed that many fellow celebs have forgotten to state the charitable motive behind the trend in their videos.

Acting primarily out of charitable motives, Selkirk recruited poor and indigent settlers from Scotland to farm the land.

The idea grew out of charitable motives, but the greatest beneficiary might yet be the sport itself if this electrified version of the game does for golf what Twenty20 did for cricket.

There may also be less charitable motives behind some public displays of benevolence, as tycoons spooked by a wide-ranging government crackdown on corruption look for less controversial ways to show off their wealth.

That's because the leaders of the regime know that Washington has acquired a stake in their remaining in power and that American financial and military support stems not from charitable motives but from hard-nosed self-interest.

Feldman's motives are not known, although he has a charitable motivation to buy the team, similar to that of the Nets' principal owners, Raymond Chambers and Lewis Katz.

To be charitable about the motive for Clinton's appeasement, see it as intended to help the better side -- but the practical result has been to enrich, embolden and empower those hard-core Communist despots whose families are tightly tied to the militarists.

Others are more charitable about his motives.

Harbaugh, W.T., Mayr, U. & Burghart, D.R. Neural responses to taxation and voluntary giving reveal motives for charitable donations.