Sentence examples for they were spurred from inspiring English sources

Both women say they were spurred by environmentalism and the fear of plastic suffocating their children.

They were spurred on by conservative pundits, particularly by Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck.

They were spurred by concerns about epidemics, particularly cholera, that thrived in densely populated areas.

They were spurred by a Pentagon photograph of bound, shackled prisoners, their heads and eyes covered, kneeling before American soldiers.

Many out-of-town spectators said they were spurred by the mayor's public pleas to visit the city.

They were spurred by the thought, as Mr. Fox said in a telephone interview, "If we don't do this, we're not sure anyone else will".

When entrepreneurs can expect to reap the rewards of their efforts, they are spurred on to innovate.

There is abundant evidence that comedians, when they are spurred by Carson, take off and fly as they cannot in any other company.

They are spurred on by big oil companies like BP and the British biofuel giant D1 Oils, which are investing millions of dollars in jatropha cultivation.

Citing the men's family circumstances and financial motives, she also explained why the case called for shorter sentences than would have been appropriate had they been spurred by ideology.

They are spurred on by an anti-federal government group here called the Nevada Committee for Full Statehood, which helped to organize a protest today at the livestock yard in Fallon, a cattle town about 60 miles east of Reno.