Sentence examples for either motivating from inspiring English sources

In saying, "If we smell the roses and sip some Champagne, so be it; if not, that's life," before another sloppy and lackluster loss, this one Monday night to the Washington Nationals, 12-4, Randolph was either motivating his players or taking an uncharacteristically fatalistic attitude toward their playoff chances.

Those factors were either motivating or demotivating.

Or to rebut those arguments by pointing out that the Galactic Empire had also recruited new Storm Troopers from the general population, and so that argument was either motivated by ignorance or racism, or both.

Will consumers (and eventually enterprise) opt for native solutions, either motivated by laziness or top-down security protocols?

One can either motivate a friend by organizing a rally of supporters and choosing a reward that will inspire their friend to get in shape, or motivate one's self by building that team of cheerleaders.

While welcoming Young's conception of the democratic public, one may doubt that the policies and institutions associated with a differentiated model of citizenship would either motivate or enable citizens to engage in such dialogue.

A virtue either motivates a person to act in desirable ways (as benevolence moves a person to act for another's good), or it enables a person to act in desirable ways (as courage enables a person to act well).

In sum, most participants were unfamiliar with the test, prepared alone and were either motivated by study abroad and/or qualification prospects, but particularly because the test was being provided without charge.

People of good will -- either motivated by fear of failure or hope for a better future -- have a certain resilience that allows them to rally together in times of trouble to defeat a common challenge or to overcome a seemingly insurmountable obstacle.

Unfortunately it is difficult to judge how these cultural differences might motivate greater or lower degrees of testimony; for example, many states in the western US have legislatures that meet only every two years, and the limited time that legislators are in session could either motivate or discourage participation.

The proportion of injured amongst active in general or across each sport may, however, be unaffected as it is unreasonable to believe that injury either motivates or prevents answering the questionnaire.