- present tense form of spur (3rd person singular).
spurs
Example Sentences
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"If it doesn't let the academic side suffer, then I think being offered something like that really spurs on people to be better in gaming," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Anguish is really what spurs the story, which is about a family under enormous pressure and how they might keep it together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The onset of dementia in Árni spurs his grandson to consider what’s lost when the markers of memory depart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
As AI spurs higher data volumes, corporate systems are becoming more complex, driving up interest in Datadog’s monitoring services, Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Thomas Blakey wrote in an April 30 note.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
Johnny took off his spurs and showed the silversmith a broken rowel.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
