Example sentences for: spur

How can you use “spur” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • While such anecdotes commonly spur alternative-medicine fads, Eby took the admirable step of instigating a 1984 clinical trial of zinc lozenges that found the treatment cut the duration of colds in half.

  • , those not hired by stadium proponents) discount the claim that new stadiums spur regional economic growth.

  • Known to many under its Roman name of Apulia, the region stretches from the “spur” of the Gargano peninsula to the heel of Italy’s boot, endowed with a wild and unspoiled beauty over the gently undulating stony plateaus grazed by sheep and goats.

  • This suggests an orchestrated use of the gas, although the LAT quotes a law enforcement source saying that its deployment was "spur of the moment."

  • In addition, two contemporary forces converged to spur congressional action: year-in, year-out budget deficits that had to be brought down and a public now demanding not only that federal agencies do their jobs more effectively, but that they do so with fewer people and at lower cost.


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