How to use spur in a sentence

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• The intent of the aphorism "think globally, act locally" was to spur action by localizing the challenge.From the entry localize
• After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.From the entry fluke
• We decided to vacation in Las Vegas on the spur of the moment.From the entry spur of the moment
• He thought that buying a pedometer would spur him on to exercise.From the entry pedometer
• The politician had a bagful of humorous anecdotes she could interject into any spur of the moment stump speech.From the entry bagful
• Leg tibial spur absent, prolateral pedal spur reduced, retrolateral pedal spur moderate.2015 August 6, “New Fossil Scorpion from the Chiapas Amber Lagerstätte”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry prolateral
• “The day you no longer accept that is the day you hang up your spurs.”2014, Chris Evans, Of Bone and Thunder. From the entry chark
• Figured I'd find me some shack or lean-to and hang up my spurs.2012, Fern Michaels, Fancy Dancer. From the entry hang up one's spurs
• Further losses in such raids would spur Catskill people to call for revenge.2012, Tom Arne Midtrød, The Memory of All Ancient Customs, page 151. From the entry Catskill
• There is no greater spur to hyperproliferation than the furling of the American nuclear umbrella.2010, Charles Krauthammer, Rockford Register Star. From the entry hyperproliferation
• Do foundings of transnational organizations appear to spur foundings of national organizations, or vice versa?2005, Donatella Della Porta, Sidney G. Tarrow, Transnational Protest and Global Activism. From the entry founding
• It is surrounded by mountains of a spur of the Syueshan Mountain Range.2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 66. From the entry Syueshan
• Can’t be many of those left!” Finch’s coterie chorused hooty laughter, spurring on their commissar.2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 149. From the entry unpulped
• My boots, leggins, spurs, six-shooter, and ducking coat seemed to weigh tons.1998, J. Frank Dobie, John D. Young, A Vaquero of the Brush Country, page 120. From the entry ducking coat
• Cowboy cuffs $19.00, gun and holster $49.00, spurs with straps $24.00, and child’s belt $19.50.1997 November/December, American Cowboy, page 86. From the entry cowkid
• His uniform was undirtied by the dust of the roads, his boots sparkling; even his spurs glinted.1997, Richard Howard, Bonaparte’s Sons: An Alain Lausard Adventure, Canelo, published 2018, →ISBN. From the entry undirty
• He put the long rowels of his spurs to the horse and they moved on.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy; 1), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry rowel
• “Spurs!” Imbri sent in a dream like a blast of dragonfire.1982, Piers Anthony, Night Mare, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books, page 100. From the entry dragonfire
• But I don’t use the spurs, once my steed is tame,” he argued.1982, Piers Anthony, Night Mare, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books, page 100. From the entry dragonfire
• Includes longitudinal river profiles, graded profiles, graded slopes, graded streams, thalwege, interlocking spurs.1973: Geotitles Weekly, volume 16: № 195 – volume 17: № 203, unknown page number (Geoservices). From the entry thalwege
• Spurring his horse, he galloped down to the shore and bespoke them.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 23. From the entry bespeak
• I want to be a clanker—with a sword at my side and spurs on my boots—clank, clank!1950 [1899], Maxim Gorky, translated by Margaret Wettlin, Foma Gordeyev, Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, page 54. From the entry clanker
• I rose as if quicked by a spur I was bound to obey.1917, Thomas Hardy, At the Word ‘Farewell’. From the entry quick
• The wide spur leathers are to protect the boot from chafing on the stirrups.1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 9, in Camp and Trail, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., page 154. From the entry spur-leather
• They spur necessary competition among students, which prepares them for the rigors of upper division classes and their careers.2015 November 18, Aurash Jalalian, “Weeder Courses Are Par For the Course”, in The Bottom Line, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2021. From the entry weeder class
• I did my fair share of reproducing; now, as they say, it's time to hang up my spurs.2015, Jimmy R. Watson, Big Jesus: A Pastor’s Struggle with Christology, page 133. From the entry hang up one's spurs
• One week ago, Jaylen Fryberg stood tall as part of his high school’s homecoming court, spurring his fellow students to cheer.2014 October 24, Greg Botelho, “Jaylen Fryberg: From homecoming prince to school killer”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2022. From the entry Jaylen
• They go well with my yoked cowgirl shirt and mud-kickers—now off to the mercantile to buy a pair of spurs!2013, Brenda Schweder, Vintage Redux, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry mud-kicker
• Perhaps it spurs you to think about emergency preparedness.2010, Teresa Griffith, “Perspective of Time”, in Love Your Skeletons, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], published January 2012 (3rd…. From the entry apocalypse
• Henry, laughing, spurs away his hunter under the dripping trees.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 480. From the entry hunter
• “Mind the spurs on my hind feet, though.2009, Tamora Pierce, The Realms of the Gods, page 39. From the entry duckmole
• I am not at the mercy of the elements, ectothermically dependent on external sources of heat to spur my every move.2007 February 20, Natalie Angier, “A Mammal in Winter With a Furnace of Her Own”, in New York Times. From the entry ectothermically
• “It would feed a north-south truckway spine along the west side of Manhattan, with short east-west spurs,” he writes.2007 July 15, Ted Balaker, Sam Staley, “Think Over the Box”, in New York Times. From the entry truckway
• At such a time, you couldn't spur him or misride him to the wrong spot with the strength of Superman.2005, Donald Pharr, Santi V. Buscemi, Writing Today: Contexts and Options for the Real World, page 140. From the entry misride
• Wrapping the other end of my hobble-rope once on the saddle horn, I retrieved Alice's spurs and knelt down.2003, Brian D Kelling, Two Guns For Paradise. From the entry hobble-rope
• Spleened shafts used for mounting of all spur wheels.1960, Mining Journal - Volume 253, page 12. From the entry spleened

Meaning of spur

1. noun A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.
2. noun A jab given with the spurs.
3. noun Anything that inspires or motivates, as a spur does a horse.

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Questions about spur in a sentence

How do you use spur in a sentence?

Spur is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The intent of the aphorism "think globally, act locally" was to spur action by localizing the challenge.”

What is a short sentence with spur?

“to spur boots”

What does spur mean?

Spur means a rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the knight.