Sentence examples for lacking the drive from inspiring English sources

He was frustrated and angry and, worse, lacking the drive that had pushed him through his second A.C.L. recovery.

Of course, it is not entirely fair to compare a team on the rise with one coming to the end of its cycle – one is hungry, desperately eager for success, the other is sated, lacking the drive to suffer to stay in a game – but equally it can hardly be denied that Bayern's players are bigger than Barça's.

But both he and Channon were essentially bit-part players, lacking the drive to want to do big things.In short, the qualities that made Clark such a splendid diarist do not necessarily make him a good subject for a weighty biography.

But we lacked the drive and the character.

They lack the drive and the discipline of their hungrier peers.

Wide men Kruse and Tommy Oar lacked the drive that had been displayed over the past fortnight, while Cahill was shackled.

Looking back, she concluded that she never became a top star because she lacked the drive that energizes them.

But the country's three forwards lacked the drive and energy to disturb Croatia's five-man defense.

The news was not welcomed in certain corners of the company, where employees worry that Khosrowshahi may lack the drive necessary to achieve Uber's most ambitious goals.

He added, "He is an excellent operator but lacks the drive to consolidate his own position and the gravitas to take Chavismo to a new, more pragmatic era".

They "lack the drive necessary to generate high levels of business during their first year," writes Bernice Ross of Real Estate Coach.