Spurred has 1 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Her desire to be a doctor spurred her on. | |
| 2. | What on earth spurred them to such an action? | |
| 3. | 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. | Tom's success spurred us on. | |
| 5. | The movement was spurred by a ragbag of false ideas. | |
| 6. | 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. | 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. | Mary spurred her horse forward. | |
| 9. | Tom spurred his horse forward. | |
| 10. | 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. |