Example sentences for: spurred

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

  • Ironically, the British occupation gave Guadeloupe’s economy a big boost: between 20,000 and 30,000 more slaves were transported in and new cane-grinding windmills built, all of which spurred the sugar trade to unprecedented prosperity.

  • Only if it serves as a building block to a better Smiley novel in the future, one in which her brilliant lessons of disillusionment fly faster, because they're spurred on by a bigger, warmer imagination.

  • The family admits now that this was a diversion which, says the paper, has in turn spurred some talk that perhaps her death was an assisted suicide.

  • This makes them significantly different from other congressional oversight committees, which are often spurred into action by the work of investigative journalists and watchdog organizations.

  • The Wall Street Journal notes that the announcement spurred a rally Wednesday in longer-term Treasurys, the supply of which would be reduced if the buy-back happens.


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