The former found a motive in their pride to justify their indolence.

Still, well done or ill done, he found a motive for the maid.

At a press conference attended by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, Bivens was asked if police have found a motive for the attack.

For my own part, I found a motive more alluring than the society of Hector, that frequently occasioned me to repeat these visits.

The old Greek and Roman mythology, which the great Italians had found a motive so weighty and severe, becomes with them a mere toy.