Used in a Sentence

spurs

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for spurs.

Editorial note

So the Japanese are trying to stoke their economy to create inflation which in turn spurs consumption.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An occupational surname from Middle English

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of spurs gathered in one view.

noun

An occupational surname from Middle English

noun

(soccer) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

noun

(basketball) San Antonio Spurs

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for spurs.

noun

An occupational surname from Middle English

noun

(soccer) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

noun

(basketball) San Antonio Spurs

noun

(oceanography, NASA) Acronym of Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study.

Example sentences

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So the Japanese are trying to stoke their economy to create inflation which in turn spurs consumption.

2

Maybe seeing that inessential redundancy in print is what spurs the project to action.

3

You date folks for whom competition spurs attraction, because that's what you believe.

4

I like the idea behind the article, but only in so far as it spurs me to learn more.

5

Nothing spurs local businesses and high-tech innovation like absurd taxes and regulation.

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Whatever dialog he spurs is going to be an intellectual dead end.

7

The problem with open salaries is that it spurs continual second-guessing.

8

Incitement to crime -- speech that spurs another to commit a crime -- is just one of 6 categories of speech which are not protected.

9

Then combine that with the recall it spurs.

10

Competition spurs attraction, not the other way around.

11

If adding Hello or Pocket to the browser gets more people to use Firefox or stick with it and spurs people to create free/open source replacements then it's alright.

12

Loops (three digit Interstates beginning with an even number) and spurs (three digits beginning with an odd number) are not considered separate from the interstate off which they branch, semantically speaking.

Quote examples

1

I kind of hope this groundswell spurs another "Snow Leopard" type release.

2

The article says on this point: "Conflict spurs innovation, and the Cold War played its part – we would never have got to the Moon without it.

3

File that next to "The Spurs lost" and "I'm not married to a supermodel."

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But in a "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow" kind of way, I'm hopeful this mess spurs renewed efforts to (re)construct a healthier, scientific basis for objective analysis.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use spurs in a sentence?

So the Japanese are trying to stoke their economy to create inflation which in turn spurs consumption.

What does spurs mean?

An occupational surname from Middle English

What part of speech is spurs?

spurs is commonly used as noun.