Sentence examples for spurred at from inspiring English sources

All this political activity has spurred at least a little bit of hand-wringing at the channels.

Miller's debut spurred at least 150 viewers to leave messages overnight -- more than the usual 90 -- mostly to register their displeasure.

The true valerian native to the temperate zones, the Andes Mountains, and Africa—have three- to five-lobed tubular flowers, often spurred at the base and clustered in tight heads.

Those commitments have spurred at least 20 states to award contracts and begin paying road crews; some contractors are staffing up, or postponing layoffs, in the hopes of winning some of that work.

Merrill employees said the switch was spurred, at least in part, by the reactions of some of Merrill's 14,000 brokers and some executives to what has been said about the company by CNBC commentators.

Spurred at first by financial deregulation in the early 1980's and more recently by access to Wall Street's secondary mortgage market, subprime home equity lending has become an increasingly important feature in the consumer finance landscape.

This further spurred educators at all levels to give great importance to English language education.

The message spurred cheers at the command center in Germany.

Subsequent prizes spurred development at a breakneck pace.

These declarations spurred activity at the local, regional, and international levels [ 4- 6].

Food scarcities threaten governments overseas and spur hoarding at home.