Sentence examples for but spur from inspiring English sources

Properly interpreted, it should not thwart reform, but spur it.

Magicians are also inventors, but spur astonishment not at how something is done -- though that is always the question asked -- but that it is done at all.

If the commission does nothing else but spur the United States and its allies to get behind this plan, it will have accomplished a lot.

Instead, their inclination, in the interest of morality, is to seek out political themes that they approach with a self-reflected sense of dutiful virtue, and then to run the movie through the deflavorizer, to strip out the risk of unjustified or inappropriate fun, to make sure that its bitter truths don't entice but spur rue, don't pass too sweetly.

Two previous studies suggested that dutasteride and a similar drug, finasteride, could actually protect men from prostate cancer, but the Food and Drug Administration declined requests to allow the drugs to be marketed for cancer prevention, citing concerns that they may protect against early cancers but spur the growth of dangerous later-stage ones.

This disqualified the ridge feature as a "submerged reef", but spur and groove formations were observed during our surveys.

Like cheap broadband, excess railroad capacity lost money for investors but spurred economic growth.

But, spurred on by Jonathan, I then felt ready to tackle Brecht and Chekhov.

But, spurred in part by a recent break-up, he wound up with more of a thumping R & B sound.

His performance not only assured the success of his team but spurred a tactical change in baseball.

She said the content "not only reflects the contemporary age we live in, but spurs us on to visualize an even better one.