Spurred can be categorized as a verb.
Adjective |
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| spurred - Wearing spurs. | ||
| spurred - Furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs. | ||
| spurred - Affected with spur, or ergot. | ||
Verb |
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| spur - strike with a spur | ||
| spur - give heart or courage to | ||
| spur - goad with spurs; "the rider spurred his horse" | ||
| spur - equip with spurs; "spur horses" | ||
| spur - incite or stimulate; "The Academy was formed to spur research" |
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| 1. | verb | Her desire to be a doctor spurred her on. | |
| 2. | verb | What on earth spurred them to such an action? | |
| 3. | verb | Mary's question to Tom in German spurred him on to provide an extensive answer in German. He managed to do this very well, which everyone was happy about. | |
| 4. | verb | Tom's success spurred us on. | |
| 5. | verb | The movement was spurred by a ragbag of false ideas. | |
| 6. | verb | Then fury spurred their courage, and behold, / As ravening wolves, when darkness hides the day, / Stung with mad fire of famine uncontrolled, / Prowl from their dens, and leave the whelps to stay, / With jaws athirst and gaping for the prey. / So to sure death, amid the darkness there, / Where swords, and spears, and foemen bar the way, / Into the centre of the town we fare. / Night with her shadowy cone broods o'er the vaulted air. | |
| 7. | verb | At first he spurred his horse at a quick pace through an avenue of the park, as if, by rapidity of motion, he could stupefy the confusion of feelings with which he was assailed. | |
| 8. | verb | Mary spurred her horse forward. | |
| 9. | verb | Tom spurred his horse forward. | |
| 10. | verb | It’s widely believed that the now-iconic “Earthrise” photo taken by Bill Anders on Apollo 8 in 1968 spurred the modern environmental protection movement that led to the first Earth Day. | |
| 11. | verb | During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. | |
| 12. | verb | Algeria's economic growth spurred demand in real estate. | |
| 13. | verb | Spur horses. | |
| 14. | verb | The Academy was formed to spur research. | |
| 15. | verb | More money for education will spur economic growth. |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| Her desire to be a doctor spurred her on. | |
| What on earth spurred them to such an action? | |
| Mary's question to Tom in German spurred him on to provide an extensive answer in German. He managed to do this very well, which everyone was happy about. | |
| Tom's success spurred us on. | |
| The movement was spurred by a ragbag of false ideas. | |
| Then fury spurred their courage, and behold, / As ravening wolves, when darkness hides the day, / Stung with mad fire of famine uncontrolled, / Prowl from their dens, and leave the whelps to stay, / With jaws athirst and gaping for the prey. / So to sure death, amid the darkness there, / Where swords, and spears, and foemen bar the way, / Into the centre of the town we fare. / Night with her shadowy cone broods o'er the vaulted air. | |
| At first he spurred his horse at a quick pace through an avenue of the park, as if, by rapidity of motion, he could stupefy the confusion of feelings with which he was assailed. | |
| Mary spurred her horse forward. | |
| Tom spurred his horse forward. | |
| It’s widely believed that the now-iconic “Earthrise” photo taken by Bill Anders on Apollo 8 in 1968 spurred the modern environmental protection movement that led to the first Earth Day. | |
| During the 1920s and 1930s, advances in mining spurred development and immigration. | |
| Algeria's economic growth spurred demand in real estate. | |
| Spur horses. |
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| The Academy was formed to spur research. |
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| More money for education will spur economic growth. | |