Sentence examples for discern motivation from inspiring English sources

An obvious difficulty with this standard is that we must assume that courts of law have the wisdom and the insight to discern motivation.

To be sure, I greatly appreciate any and all input, but I sometimes struggle to discern the motivation behind it.

It's very difficult to discern his motivation, as Dinklage's performance in this film is so embarrassing it makes his recent turn in the Adam Sandler vehicle Pixels look like Long Day's Journey Into Night.

Huh? Imagine trying to discern your motivation for that little zinger.

Discern the motivation of the person telling the joke.

A bit more useful information about Smith's background, and his backstory at Goldman, and a bit less information about his triumphs at the Maccabiah Games would have helped a reader to discern his motivations.

Opponents of profit-making in education often seek to cast doubt on the motivations of for-profit providers but, as professor James Tooley of Newcastle university argued in his speech to the all-party parliamentary group, discerning the motivation of any public or private institution is not always straightforward.

Of course, Jesus taught us not to fast to impress others (Matthew 6 16-18), and each of us must privately discern our motivations for such an undertaking.

One of the difficulties in studying the policy process is discerning the motivations of those involved, how ideas become decisions and how decisions become programmes.

It is able to mine the depths of human motivation, discern truth and speak directly to conscience.

It's not hard to discern the political motivation underlying the stagnating of Social Security's administrative resources.