MOTIF in a Sentence

Learn MOTIF from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for MOTIF, such as:

1. Alienation is a central motif in her novels.
2. This simple motif runs throughout the entire score.
3. If the plot lacked lucidity, the dual motif of legs and pie was clear and sure.

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 Meanings and Examples of MOTIF
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
motif
 n.  dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
Classic Sentence:
1  If the plot lacked lucidity, the dual motif of legs and pie was clear and sure.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
Example Sentence:
1  This simple motif runs throughout the entire score.
2  Alienation is a central motif in her novels.