SPUR in a Sentence

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82 example sentences for SPUR, such as:

1. A good horse often needs a good spur.
2. His speech was a powerful spur to action.
3. He spurred his horse to catch the last post.
4. She went to London on the spur of the moment.
5. It is the bridle and spur that make a good horse.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPUR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
spur
 v.  urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
Classic Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  And both, with free use of the spur, arrived at St. Omer without drawing bit.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 20 THE JOURNEY
2  Thinking of all this, and from time to time giving a touch of the spur to his horse, d'Artagnan completed his short journey, and arrived at St. Germain.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 30 D'ARTAGNAN AND THE ENGLISHMAN
3  And touching his horse with the spur, he cantered back to Paris.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 30 D'ARTAGNAN AND THE ENGLISHMAN
4  He sought out Mrs. Elsing to make this donation and embarrassedly begged that she keep his gift a secret, knowing very well that this would spur her to spreading the news.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
5  The woman's resentment of the rebuff seemed to spur her lagging ideas.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
6  His armour bore all the marks of the late obstinate fray, being broken, defaced, and stained with blood in many places, and covered with clay and dust from the crest to the spur.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
7  A steep curve of heath-clad land, an outlying spur of the moor, lay in front of us.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
8  They were of the kind which pleases mostly middle-aged bachelors and old men who are accustomed to seek in the ballet and similar frivolities a further spur to their waning passions.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
9  "But that's the Grand Duke, and I want the commander-in-chief or the Emperor," said Rostov, and was about to spur his horse.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XVII
10  It is such a spur to one's genius, such an opening for wit, to have a dislike of that kind.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 40
11  Had not our minds been made up, and had there not been terrible memories to spur us on, we could hardly have proceeded with our task.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
12  The "amens" and "dat's de truf" that come spontaneously from the coloured individuals are calculated to spur any speaker on to his best efforts.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
13  Before he reached him, Rostov, who was a splendid horseman, spurred Bedouin twice and successfully put him to the showy trot in which the animal went when excited.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII
14  Rostov spurred his horse, called to Sergeant Fedchenko and two other hussars, told them to follow him, and trotted downhill in the direction from which the shouting came.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XIII
15  Rostov without hearing Boris to the end spurred his horse.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  His speech was a powerful spur to action.
2  A good horse often needs a good spur.
3  International competition is a spur to modernization.
4  It is the bridle and spur that make a good horse.
5  She went to London on the spur of the moment.
6  A few encouraging words might provide just the spur she needs.
7  We would often decide what to play on the spur of the moment.
8  A business tax cut is needed to spur industrial investment.
9  He spurred his horse to catch the last post.
10  It was an article in the local newspaper which finally spurred him into action.
11  He spurred on his car and went to the office on time.
12  Nathan's hubris spurred him to do things that many considered insensitive.
13  US stocks sank the most since June, capping the worst week for benchmark indexes since 2012, as a selloff in developing-nation currencies spurred concern global markets will become more volatile.
14  It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats.
15  The administration may put more emphasis on spurring economic growth.