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Sentence count:150+9Posted:2016-12-06Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: goadprodprovokeurgeSimilar words: spurndisputepurelypurplepursuepursuitpurchasepurviewMeaning: [spɜr /spɜː]  n. 1. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something 2. any sharply pointed projection 3. tubular extension at the base of the corolla in some flowers 4. a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward 5. a railway line connected to a trunk line. v. 1. incite or stimulate 2. give heart or courage to 3. strike with a spur 4. goad with spurs 5. equip with spurs. 
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61. A study of simple programmes that encourage oscillation between growth and decline can be both instructive and a spur to the imagination.
62. The painful memory of last year's semi-final defeat by Kilkenny acts as another spur.
63. Each spur can feed one new outlet, and this can be a single, double or triple socket outlet.
64. Of course, a customs union would spur even more growth if it totally removed barriers even to outsiders.
65. N., meet our obligations and continue to spur real progress.
66. Creating new technologies to clean up the air could actually spur economic growth rather than burden it.
67. Eventually we were all reunited on a spur at the lowest end of the plateau.
68. I saw one lying under the dresser and pulled it out gingerly lest the spur catch my finger.
69. Lastly, each spur can feed one single or one double socket outlet,[sentencedict .com] or one fused connection unit.
70. In most cases, the stem simply withers back to the first node, and remains as an unsightly brown spur.
71. The changing role of public accountants, management accountants, and internal auditors also will spur job growth.
72. The run used to be three miles but I added a quarter mile spur in order to use the time to best advantage.
73. Perhaps Lehmann's confidence in his work acted as a spur.
74. The growth of multinational corporations provided a second spur to Eurocurrency business.
75. No one wants a head's rambling,(Sentencedict.com) spur of the minute monologue at the end of the day.
76. Lower interest rates, for example, spur car loans and home mortgages.
77. European viola with an unusually long corolla spur.
78. Do not spur a willing horse.
79. He rode whip and spur to the rescue.
80. To impel as if with a spur; urge on.
81. Also insulation monitoring method in spur track is ameliorated.
82. News of its feasibility could spur wide reinvestigation.
83. Hope, whose spur fanned your ardor into flame.
84. The scour limit depth around spur dikes is very important for calculating the base depth of objects and it is a key factor in designing and working.
85. All these unpromising physical properties serve to spur the spirit of innovation and experimentation I've described as the city's fundamental feature.
86. To the degree that you can make a person's work meaningful to him, to that degree you will spur him to realize his own highest potential.
87. Remind yourself that death shall come at any moment, a good way to spur yourself not to let every day of your life slip by emptily.
88. Results The heel Spur pain could be alleviated by the closing treatment.
89. The measures which spur Dalian city sustainable development of economy and alongshore sea water environment to higher administrative level are in the last of the paper.
90. Copper and zinc, for instance, were up 139% and 112% in 2009 on expectations that stimulus spending would spur demand for industrial raw materials.
More similar words: spurndisputepurelypurplepursuepursuitpurchasepurviewpurposeon purposepurloined
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