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spurring
1. But as soon as he started to yield to such a weighty feeling of defeat and entertain the notion of simply spurring back to the east, he remembered the Breton woman’s smile and her laughter -
2. His eyes narrowed, and now seeming to look for a way out without appearing to retreat, he saluted as he said, “This must not be the disturbance that I was sent out to investigate; therefore I shall go on! Make way! Make way!” he shouted, suddenly spurring his horse into the line of men who had slowly encircled the patrol, he waved his troop to follow, scattering people in all directions
3. “Make way! Make way for the king’s courier and guard bound for the City in answer to Pharaoh’s summons!” he shouted while simultaneously spurring and reining his horse, making him paw and prance impatiently
4. Make way! Make way!” he shouted, suddenly spurring his horse into the line of men who had
5. In an instant the surge had ebbed back out of the gorge; there was a chaotic, confused swirl of fighting, horsemen wheeling and smiting singly and in clusters, and then the emir went down with a Kshatriya lance through his breast, and the riders in their spired helmets turned their horses down the valley, spurring like mad and seeking to slash a way through the swarms which had come upon them from the rear
6. A slight blurring of the picture, that might have denoted a passing of time, and then Conan saw Prospero and his knights filing out of the gates and spurring southward
7. And on the eastern road he saw another rider, bending low and spurring hard
8. she was only spurring me on
9. Spurring her mount, Nancy guided it to a vast mound of sand and dust just to the North of the village and close to the source that was the main water point for the people of Jericho
10. concerts and sales of CD’s was spurring her on to do more
11. ‘’SI, LIEUTENANT!’’ Replied one of the scouts before spurring his horse forward and leave at a gallop, followed by his comrade
12. The woman smiled and looked at him while spurring her horse past the Roman soldiers
13. Everything made sense now, but he only hoped he was not too late, spurring him to again fill his mind with concern and worry over successfully wrapping up the case
14. On learning about the exploits of the 99th in Guadalcanal, the actress had then acted with typical impetuosity and had enrolled without a second thought for her Hollywood career, stunning her cinema producers but also spurring a large number of young women in following her example
15. sat at the front of the cart, spurring on his horses across the grim wasteland
16. that develops when the linings of joints degenerate, leading to lipping and spurring of
17. “Agreed” said Stoke, spurring his horse forward
18. go a little faster this time,” he joked, spurring his horse on
19. Spurring the horse, they made for the darkness of the woods—his woods—and disappeared into the night
20. They stabled the horses and dumped their weapons as fast as they could, the promise of good food spurring them on
21. The pleasures of all one-sided ease are all temporary and fleeting; spurring people to seek it endlessly, without any lasting effect
22. Statistics show that fertility rates among couples in the United States have significantly decreased, thereby spurring many households to adopt instead
23. There was spurring and splashing through the darkness, and bridle was drawn in the space by the village fountain, and the horse in a foam stood at Monsieur Gabelle's door
24. "We are in haste," answered one of the encamisados, "and the inn is far off, and we cannot stop to render you such an account as you demand;" and spurring his mule he moved on
25. When the traveller came up with them he saluted them courteously, and spurring his mare was passing them without stopping, but Don Quixote called out to him, "Gallant sir, if so be your worship is going our road, and has no occasion for speed, it would be a pleasure to me if we were to join company
26. Of spurring the flanks
27. "I thank you, sirs," said Don Quixote; "but I cannot stop for an instant, for sad thoughts and unhappy circumstances force me to seem discourteous and to travel apace;" and spurring Rocinante he pushed on, leaving them wondering at what they had seen and heard, at his own strange figure and at the shrewdness of his servant, for such they took Sancho to be; and another of them observed, "If the servant is so clever, what must the master be? I'll bet, if they are going to Salamanca to study, they'll come to be alcaldes of the Court in a trice; for it's a mere joke--only to read and read, and have interest and good luck; and before a man knows where he is he finds himself with a staff in his hand or a mitre on his head
28. The sticking point was the war-crimes issue; the trials were intensely unpopular in Japan, spurring a movement seeking the release of all convicted war criminals
29. And spurring on in the dusk they would discuss the great news of the province, the news of the San Tome mine
30. Both Ugl®k and Grishnbkh shouted, spurring them on to a last effort
31. This drives the price of assets downward, making it even more difficult to repay loans, thus spurring further asset sales
32. “Lustre, I love only you,” I said, spurring him on and galloping towards the High Road
33. The moment he heard the firing and the cry from happened to his regiment, and the thought that he, an exemplary officer of many years’ service who had never been to blame, might be held responsible at headquarters for negligence or inefficiency so staggered him that, forgetting the recalcitrant cavalry colonel, his own dignity as a general, and above all quite forgetting the danger and all regard for self-preservation, he clutched the crupper of his saddle and, spurring his horse, galloped to the regiment under a hail of bullets which fell around, but fortunately missed him
34. The moment he heard the firing and the cry from behind, the general realized that something dreadful had happened to his regiment, and the thought that he, an exemplary officer of many years’ service who had never been to blame, might be held responsible at headquarters for negligence or inefficiency so staggered him that, forgetting the recalcitrant cavalry colonel, his own dignity as a general, and above all quite forgetting the danger and all regard for self-preservation, he clutched the crupper of his saddle and, spurring his horse, galloped to the regiment under a hail of bullets which fell around, but fortunately missed him
35. As Imre reached the bridge, the horse backed, and no spurring could induce him to cross
