Sentence examples for spurred toward from inspiring English sources

But it was Murray who hoped that he could follow Wade, as another British player spurred toward Wimbledon glory by the queen.

The Modern and Whitney shows share three Americans: Joseph Stella and Marsden Hartley, who both spent time in Europe soaking up advanced ideas before World War I, and Georgia O'Keeffe, who was spurred toward abstraction in 1916 by the austere terrain of the American Southwest.

Last year a new set of federal regulations spurred farmers toward organic methods.

Better elucidation of the mechanism of action, the impact of chemical modifications that stabilize and reduce nonspecific effects of siRNA molecules, and the key design considerations for effective delivery systems has spurred progress toward developing clinically-successful siRNA therapies.

Although atrioventricular junctional ablation plus pacemaker implantation is reported to be superior to drug therapy in controlling symptoms caused by atrial fibrillation, some investigators have reported no significant improvement in cardiac performance or disease progression.8 These limitations have spurred efforts toward curative therapy.

All have spurred Barnes toward what might be the best season of the journeyman's career.

President John F. Kennedy subsequently spurred America toward the 1969 moon landing.

Moving Toward Openness Still, scandals in recent years — none involving American firms — have spurred a movement toward change that many see as inevitable.

Although the deaths of potential stars like the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro and the filly Eight Belles at the 2008 Derby spurred the industry toward improved track surfaces and meaningful drug-use reform, the global economic malaise has aimed a dagger at its heart precisely when things were looking up.

It would be better if the market itself spurred a shift toward alternative energy sources.

He was also elbow deep in the sort of sketchy real estate deals that spurred the market toward downturn.