Example Sentences

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If she gave the whole village work, was it too far gone in its unspurred stodginess to be roused to carrying it out?

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Now many girls, unspurred by necessity or by ambition, enter college because they are keen for personal and intellectual freedom, because they desire the activities and the pleasures which college generously gives.

From Americans and Others by Repplier, Agnes

The tramp cowboy swung Black Boyar half-round, and driving his unspurred heels into the pony's ribs, put him straight down the terrific slope of the mountain at a run.

From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto

Above all, though, I must remind you that the Duke is unspurred by malevolence.

From The Jewel Merchants A Comedy in One Act by Cabell, James Branch

It was a task, surely, that would have baffled any but the most enthusiastic investigator or one unspurred by the feeling that he possessed the key to one of the most obscure of Nature's problems.

From A Study of Recent Earthquakes by Davison, Charles