Definition: 1. A sharp pointed object that riders sometimes wear on the heels of their boots and use to encourage their horse to go faster. 2. A fact or an event that makes you want to do something better or more quickly. 3. Any pointed projection.
Use 'spur' in a sentence:
1. The opening-up policy is spurring many people on to study foreign languages.
2. Glass cautions that most studies don't necessarily prove a causal link between greenness and health, but they're nonetheless helping spur action.
3. By encouraging self-reflection and daydreaming, it can spur creativity.
4. Redundancy is the spur for many to embark on new careers.
5. High demand spurs high income.
6. It won over Coke executives in Atlanta and would go on to receive its own trademark, spur collections and earn Coca-Cola an iconic image that made it part of American culture for a century.
7. As such it's a huge spur to freedom.
8. Some believe POD could spur demand for books.
9. Police said the attack wasn't some spur of the moment idea.
10. Notice the spur of activity.
11. Such stories serve as a spur to children's imagination.
12. I phoned him up on the spur of the moment.
13. His friend's plight had spurred him into taking part.
14. History is littered with men and women spurred into achievement by a father's disregard.
15. She insists that unions should spur change.
16. By raising relative demand for clean energy sources, a carbon price would also help align the market return to clean-energy innovation with its social return, spurring the refinement of existing technologies and the development of new ones.
17. The band has been spurred on by the success of their last single.
18. Exercise, she added, can also spur creativity.
19. I never had a bone spur.
20. But it is unlikely to spur a big expansion in new loans.
21. Let the cheers from the crowd spur you on.
22. On the spur of the moment?
23. Leah's growth spurred her to open her second studio — and it wasn't for the money.
24. Even a small success would spur me on to greater effort.
25. Japan needs to spur domestic spending.
26. The encouragement of a friend spurred Chris into switching jobs.
27. Disaster, in short, can become a spur to innovation.
28. Their aim was to spur passage of legislation Michigan lawmakers are debating to increase the state's share of school funding.
29. That would be just finefor vendors, since it would spur sales.
30. The furious rows that divide them are a blow to their credibility but may prove to be a spur to creativity.
31. Ambition was the spur that made him work hard.
32. And it would raise the demand for technologies such as carbon capture and storage, spurring their further development.
33. Their attitude, rather than reining him back, only seemed to spur Philip on.
34. Others welcome the fiscal pressure as a spur to efficiency.
35. The traditional high demand for medical services has helped to spur the popularity of medical and health-related programs.
36. Second-class status was a spur.
37. The horse leaped over the fence at the touch of the spur.
38. Low taxes and good infrastructure spur a nation's growth.
39. On the spur of the moment ， he asked her to marry him.
40. What spurred them on was alchemy, the science of changing ordinary metals into gold.
41. The Spurs' team logo includes a picture of a spur.
42. This report could spur some buying in corn futures when the market opens today.
43. The administration may put more emphasis on spurring economic growth.
44. This has forced airlines to discount fares heavily in order to spur demand.
45. He was wearing riding pants, high boots, and spurs.
46. A brave fellow is as good as his words, a swift horse needs no spurring.
47. It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats.
48. He was transferred from Spurs to Arsenal for a huge fee.
49. The trade pacts will spur an exodus of US businesses to Mexico.
50. He must have cooked up his scheme on the spur of the moment.
51. Young conductors earn their spurs in a small orchestra or opera house.
52. The agreement is essential to spurring economic growth around the world.
53. His speech was a powerful spur to action.
54. They admitted they had taken a vehicle on the spur of the moment.
