"But since I had no compelling motive, I kept looking for something else."

Similar were another 11 percent of rapists whose compelling motive is anger at the world at large.

An even more compelling motive might have been the prospect of losing the custody of her beloved children.

This well-selected show presents two dozen artists for whom patterning is a compelling motive.

And no other institution in Russia has a more compelling historical motive for fearing a Communist victory.

And there was no lack of compelling motive to drive her into action now.

It is the bohemianism, however, that points to the most compelling motive for Tarchetti's crime.

Certainly, boredom with the same old step aerobics and stair-climber is a compelling motive.

If equity is not a compelling motive to support the contract, self-interest might be.

Experience shows that the motive of gain is one of the most compelling motives in murder cases.