How to Use spurred in a Sentence

spurred

adjective
  • The dams, pipelines and roads that these loans built spurred progress.
    — Landon Thomas Jr., New York Times, 2018-01-25
  • The tweet went viral and spurred debate on how people feel about the shape of states.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 2018-01-09
  • Video of the police shooting sparked outrage and spurred protests.
    — Michael Tarm, Star Tribune, 2020-10-30
  • This has in turn spurred accusations of censorship and bias.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 2020-10-15
  • The sharp rise in home prices during the pandemic spurred owners to hike rents to maintain profits.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 2022-06-10
  • The shooting left 17 people dead and spurred national protests from students high school-age and younger.
    — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, 2018-04-20
  • Like most mature African spurred tortoises, 22-year-old Frankie is big and slow.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2021-10-12
  • Nonprofit groups have at times spurred action from the state against Valley Proteins.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 2022-09-12
  • The proposal also comes as police use of force has faced heavy scrutiny and spurred protests across the country during the past year.
    — Jim Turner, orlandosentinel.com, 2021-04-15
  • His latest Twitter poll seemed spurred on by some erratic decisions leading up to his demise.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2022-12-20
  • Of course, that sent Kytch up in arms and spurred charges of, essentially, corporate espionage.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 2022-03-03
  • Wood wasn’t alone in his criticism of the company, but tweets like his spurred Walmart to pull the product and apologize.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 2022-12-13
  • From the ceiling hang two sparkling white ships, looking like some magical sugar sculptures with spurred outriggers that can both sail through the sky and under the sea.
    — Siobhan Morrissey, miamiherald, 2017-10-13
  • Their report, released in the fall of 1970, spurred reform and the nation’s first bilingual education law.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2021-03-26
  • While that absenteeism, and Congress’s inaction, spurred frustration among locals, the impact at the ballot box was mixed.
    — Catarina Saraiva, Dallas News, 2022-11-10
  • Sulcata tortoises, also called African spurred tortoises, tend to dig extensive dens, which can run as deep as 20 feet.
    — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2021-11-28
  • In 2020, instrument makers saw a pandemic-spurred increase in product sales that shows little sign of waning.
    — Michele Amabile Angermiller, Variety, 2022-04-25
  • Along with other retailers, Kroger first handed out bonus pay in late March as the pandemic led to mass shutdowns of restaurants and spurred consumers to stock up their pantries.
    — Alexander Coolidge, The Enquirer, 2021-08-09
  • Lyoya’s killing spurred protests in Grand Rapids, with hundreds demanding justice and transparency from city and police officials.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 2022-12-07
  • The rapid spread of the blaze spurred evacuations that were later lifted, FOX10 reported.
    — Fox News, 2020-07-02
  • The pandemic, which closed so many church doors, spurred interest in not just holding services outside but in connecting with the natural world at a time when church attendance has been in decline.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 2021-06-29
  • In 1968 Gibellina was hit with an earthquake that flattened the city; this spurred architects and postmodern artists to rebuild it from scratch.
    — Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 2022-09-09
  • The system has sparked significant power outages across Florida and spurred airports in the region to shut down operations as the storm passes.
    — Dan Carson, Chron, 2022-09-29
  • The positive test none-the-less spurred action from the district, which quarantined more than 100 students and other personnel who were in closest contact with the student.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2020-10-26
  • Car registrations in July brought the first monthly sales gain of the year as showrooms reopened following months-long lockdowns, and spurred expectations of a recovery.
    — Christopher Jasper, Bloomberg.com, 2020-10-05
  • The Grammys governing body voted to eliminate the use of anonymous expert committees on Friday, a process that has longed spurred controversy.
    — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 2021-04-30
  • After more than two weeks of demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd, protesters across the country hope to combat fatigue and preserve the momentum of the movement that has so far spurred steps toward widespread police reforms.
    — WSJ, 2020-06-13
  • So much has changed since then, with the inception in 1992 of the Premier League which has become the wealthiest soccer competition in the world and spurred investment in stadiums.
    — Rob Harris, ajc, 2022-01-02
  • Many of those platforms have, in the time since the riot, banned former President Donald Trump for his role in the events that unfolded at the Capitol, which has in turn, spurred allegations of censorship.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 2021-01-28
  • The discovery of the nooses, which some say make a reference to lynching, spurred plans for Monday’s rally, but also came a day before the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York – which authorities said was hate-based.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 2022-05-17

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