Sample Sentences for
ulterior
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    The desperation melted and, for the briefest of moments, the ulterior motives were gone.†  (source)
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    Adam didn't have an ulterior motive; he wasn't pushing hard to win the hearts and minds.†  (source)
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    Sophie had an ulterior motive for choosing that particular spot.†  (source)
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    I enjoyed the praise, of course, and Moody was grudgingly proud, but I had an ulterior motive.†  (source)
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    You haven't found out about my ulterior motives yet.†  (source)
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    Nor did he have any ulterior motives.†  (source)
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    I had a hard time imagining that it was him that was talking to Paul, that he had some ulterior motive in this.†  (source)
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    I suspected her of ulterior motives.†  (source)
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    He watched the admiral pour a generous amount, perhaps with the ulterior motive of making him speak more freely.†  (source)
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    Besides, she shared with some other survivors a suspicion of ulterior motives on the part of the political-minded people who took part in the annual ceremonies and conferences.†  (source)
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    I should have recalled that you are just like me and that you never do anything without an ulterior motive.†  (source)
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    Hester Prynne remained constant in her resolve to make known to Mr. Dimmesdale, at whatever risk of present pain or ulterior consequences, the true character of the man who had crept into his intimacy.†  (source)
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    There's no ulterior motive for this project, right?†  (source)
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