I had another less lofty motive.

The Atlantic Monthly does not have as lofty a motive for moving to Washington in the months ahead.

The school's lofty motives aside, the venture still is a business deal with profit-making potential.

But the force has been criticized for having less than lofty motives, since some say it has looted the country of goods from machinery to minerals.

This shift, sudden and dramatic, was accompanied by statements of lofty motives.

The hero of Flamborough may have been rationalizing to conceal less lofty motives.

The Mayor cites the lofty motives of public safety and sacred campaign pledges.

We have heard enough of your 'oppositional attitude' and your lofty motives.

The governor's staff argues loudly that there were less lofty motives, namely paychecks and the August vacations.

How even I, with stalwart purpose in my heart and lofty motives in my mind, might hesitate?