The phrase "were further inspired" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing something that encouraged or motivated a person or group to continue doing a certain activity or to be more enthusiastic about it. For example: The athletes' success at the last tournament further inspired them to win every match in the next competition.
They were further inspired by an off-season pep talk from Steven Bochco, a creator of "Hill Street Blues" and "L.A. Law".
"As London hosted the splendid summer of sport, all those who saw the achievement and courage at the Olympic and Paralympic Games were further inspired by the skill, dedication, training and teamwork of our athletes," she said.
The Queen will say: "As London hosted a splendid summer of sport, all those who saw the achievement and courage at the Olympic and Paralympic Games were further inspired by the skill, dedication, training and teamwork of our athletes".
Their actions were further inspired by "The Turner Diaries," a fictional blueprint for a white revolution by former neo-Nazi leader William Pierce.
He was further inspired by discovering Stravinsky's piano-roll version of the score.
Bunker got a typewriter, and was further inspired by jailbirds Fyodor Dostoevsky and Miguel Cervantes.
The soul singer and former gospel star was further inspired when he heard Peter, Paul and Mary singing Dylan's song on the radio.
Tomita was further inspired when he heard the album Switched-On Bach (1968), on which composer Walter (now Wendy Carloss performed the music of Johann Sebastian Bach on a Moog music synthesizer.
The Berlin-based sculptor said he was further inspired to top Anish Kapoor's Marsyas sculpture, the previous Unilever Series commission for the hall, by the British obsession with the weather and after chats with London cabbies: "Weather gives a very distinct sense of time.
He was further inspired to write with Jewish themes when he examined Moisei Beregovski's thesis on the theme of Jewish folk music in 1946.
In turn, I have been further inspired to achieve my own personal best by the passionate people I work with as well as the kids we teach -- after all, being a leader goes both ways.
