Sentence examples for spurred him forward from inspiring English sources

During King's remarks, which were originally titled "Normalcy, Never Again," she spurred him forward with an offhanded comment ("Tell them about the dream, Martin") that encouraged him to move off his prepared notes and into the improvised, immortal portion of his speech.

The discovery, years later, that her youngest daughter was mentally retarded galvanized Betty Kendall's intelligence and energy and spurred her forward into social service and a consciousness of injustice that eventually grew to embrace the civil rights movement.

But rather than crush their will, rejection spurred them forwards.

Spurring them forward is a historic confluence of events.

But she said her support team and her mother helped spur her forward.

The republication of "A Meaningful Life" has spurred Mr. Davis forward on the four-part history of the Industrial Revolution that he began nearly a decade ago.

Yet a strict reading of the historical record indicates that King and Johnson did, in fact, disagree on timing – that King insisted on the fierce urgency of now, and that his actions in Selma spurred Johnson forward.

Nine years later, The Weird Girls Project has grown into a long-standing art-video series with a diehard fanbase, spurred fearlessly forward by its beloved commander-in-chief, the British-born artist and DJ, Kitty Von-Sometime.

The cavalry spurred forward but were met with a volley of canister shot which struck Maxwell, killing him instantly.

Contacted by e-mail on Friday, Mr. Doctoroff said all those projects had been spurred forward by the Olympic bid.

Spurred forward by Google and other Silicon Valley companies, the auto industry has been tinkering with autonomous vehicles for years.