All 10 Uses of
motivate
in
Fearless
- Standing atop a small wooden block, the "motivator" was an active-duty SEAL whose goal was to physically prepare these boot camp graduates for the wet and sandy hell of BUD/S.†
p. 105..9
- "A couple of hours a day a few days a week is not enough time to prepare you for what I promise will be the longest twenty-seven weeks of your life," yelled the motivator.†
p. 106..1
- Two-mile runs in the rain became five-mile runs in hail and then eight-mile runs in snow, as the Great Lakes region dished out storm after storm, rivaled in intensity by whatever the motivator could concoct for that day's session—after the run.†
p. 106..4
- On one particularly miserable morning, the motivator decided the students should do nothing but sit-ups for an entire hour, with a goal of a thousand.†
p. 106..5
- No one but the motivator could actually do that many, but they grunted and jerked their bodies through the motions till their backs were bleeding.†
p. 106..6
- "Just a little taste of what you'll face at BUD/S," said the motivator.†
p. 106..8 *
- The thickly vegetated, hot, humid, jungle-like environment of Stennis was the setting for react-to-contact drills performed in a realistic exercise, complete with explosions going off, blanks being fired, and a motivated opposing force attempting to "kill" them.†
p. 148..3
- Only half of the class, which represented the hand-picked best of the best—determined, motivated, and very qualified—would remain by the course's end.†
p. 201..3
- "It's a team effort, a tight-knit community, and everybody knows if they're working there, they're proud Americans who are trustworthy, motivated, and talented—the best at what they do.†
p. 213..3
- In essence, the outposts protected the local population from the neighborhood bullies, who were well armed, motivated, and ruthless in threatening and killing locals who cooperated with coalition forces.†
p. 214..7
Definition:
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(motivate) to make someone want to do something