Sentence examples for spurring him to from inspiring English sources

His father, also an Army veteran, had died suddenly days after Rodriguez graduated from high school, spurring him to volunteer for military service.

And he started the race at such a clip that his Cuban opponent, Alberto Juantorena, later credited Singh with spurring him to win gold.

And so his stepfather's resistance proved a goad to his ambition, spurring him to reconfigure his world by turning difference into strength.

He has cancer, though it appears to be in remission, and he talks about the disease as a sort of intellectual liberation spurring him to tell what he now views as the truth.

Mr. Nichols, who credits the original Broadway productions of "Salesman" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" for spurring him to work in the theater, said he wanted Mr. Hoffman as his Willy because of his "endlessly curious nature and his determination to figure things out".

In early October he referred to President Obama as "your boy, Barack Obama" in a debate with the Rev. Al Sharpton, and some viewers took it as a racial slur, spurring him to say on "Morning Joe" the next day that he was using boxing terminology.

They spurred him to compete with history.

That spurred him to write novels.

That spurred him to adopt a more conciliatory approach.

He said a Times article about Accretive spurred him to act.

The rallies spurred him to correct one big failure communication and explain the reforms' purpose.