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, 25 Jan. 2018
• The tweet went viral and spurred debate on how people feel about the shape of states.
  — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• Video of the police shooting sparked outrage and spurred protests.
  — Michael Tarm, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• Like most mature African spurred tortoises, 22-year-old Frankie is big and slow.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Oct. 2021
• The singer turned heads on the red carpet in her meat dress – and spurred questions and backlash from animal rights activists.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022
• The shooting left 17 people dead and spurred national protests from students high school-age and younger.
  — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Wright's death spurred protests in the north metro city and added fresh urgency to ongoing calls for police reform.
  — Shannon Prather, Star Tribune, 17 May 2021
• Nonprofit groups have at times spurred action from the state against Valley Proteins.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022
• Wood wasn’t alone in his criticism of the company, but tweets like his spurred Walmart to pull the product and apologize.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 13 Dec. 2022
• 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, 15 Apr. 2021
• This has in turn spurred accusations of censorship and bias.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Oct. 2020
• In 2015, a fire knocked out one of the reactors and spurred visits from Mr. Cuomo, who reiterated his desire to see the plant closed for good.
  — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2021
• Their report, released in the fall of 1970, spurred reform and the nation’s first bilingual education law.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021
• The rapid spread of the blaze spurred evacuations that were later lifted, FOX10 reported.
  — Fox News, 2 July 2020
• The alarm bells set off by a 1997 Hong Kong bird flu outbreak, one that leapt from poultry to humans, spurred years of work to modernize pandemic planning.
  — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
• 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, 13 Oct. 2017
• Of course, that sent Kytch up in arms and spurred charges of, essentially, corporate espionage.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Mar. 2022
• That this defining moment and image of 2020 spurred action is not surprising.
  — Star Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
• 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, 9 Sep. 2022
• 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, 9 Aug. 2021
• His latest Twitter poll seemed spurred on by some erratic decisions leading up to his demise.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2022
• The news came just as my hope of getting vaccinated spurred dreams of an actual chef-prepared meal in an actual restaurant.
  — Kerri Westenberg, Star Tribune, 2 June 2021
• 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, 26 Oct. 2020
• 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, 2 Jan. 2022
• James' office issued a report Tuesday explaining the circumstances of Prude's death, which was captured on police body cameras and spurred protests across Rochester and the nation.
  — Jon Campbell, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2021
• In 2020, instrument makers saw a pandemic-spurred increase in product sales that shows little sign of waning.
  — Michele Amabile Angermiller, Variety, 25 Apr. 2022
• 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, 28 Jan. 2021
• 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, 28 Nov. 2021
• 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, 29 Sep. 2022
• Like most of Iran, Sanandaj has suffered as U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic devastated the economy and spurred inflation.
  — Samya Kullab and Salar Salim, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024