Explore Spurs through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Spurs meaning
plural of spur
Using Spurs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of spur
- In the example corpus, spurs often appears in combinations such as: the spurs, antonio spurs, spurs and.
Context around Spurs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 12 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spurs
- In this selection, "spurs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, antonio, natural, memory, rank, got and coach stand out and add context to how "spurs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include than the spurs they rank, while the spurs rank just and antonio spurs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spurs" sits close to words such as admits, bow and switched, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spurs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Once again they faced the San Antonio Spurs, but this time it was the Spurs who were victorious. (18 words)
The Spurs continue to be the Spurs, even while missing their superstar for the majority of the year. (18 words)
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich joked before the game that the Spurs’ plan against Embiid was to “hammer his (butt). (19 words)
It’s also fair to wonder: In the increasingly glitzy, superstar-driven N.B.A., could the Spurs have even been the Spurs in a market like New York, with its itinerant night life temptations and news-media-induced ego inflations? (41 words)
Regional variations Spurs taped and tied onto legs In some regional variations, the birds are equipped with either metal spurs (called gaffs) or knives, tied to the leg in the area where the bird's natural spur has been partially removed. (41 words)
Japan Cockfighting is similar to boxing for the younger roosters as they battle for a victory with their blunt natural spurs or lack thereof and after maturity they battle with their mature natural spurs which may have become pointed. (39 words)
It’s also fair to wonder: In the increasingly glitzy, superstar-driven N.B.A., could the Spurs have even been the Spurs in a market like New York, with its itinerant night life temptations and news-media-induced ego inflations? (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich joked before the game that the Spurs’ plan against Embiid was to “hammer his (butt).
Blazers are much better at three-point shooting than the Spurs; they rank No. 10 in threes made, while the Spurs rank just No. 27.
Has been a brilliant player for Spurs, it will be sad if this is the lasting memory Spurs fans have of the Dane.
Spurs are denied victory after yet another handball controversy, an absolutely ludicrous stoppage-time decision which has Spurs players circling around the referee Peter Bankes at the final whistle.
The Bucks are much better at three-point shooting than the Spurs; they rank No. 4 in threes made, while the Spurs rank just No. 29.
Adrian Garcia for San Antonio Spurs The Spurs may not indulge San Antonians with a throwback to its '90s-era uniforms featuring Fiesta colors, but the organization is bringing that lively aesthetic to a new clothing line.
Chelsea, who are just a place behind Spurs in the fifth position on the log, are unbeaten in their last 27 home league matches against Spurs.
He fumed: "I've played against Spurs and I've taken a lot of abuse from Spurs but never ever has it been racial.
It’s also fair to wonder: In the increasingly glitzy, superstar-driven N.B.A., could the Spurs have even been the Spurs in a market like New York, with its itinerant night life temptations and news-media-induced ego inflations?
Lue watched the Cavaliers lose to the San Antonio Spurs 110-94 on Sunday, and he felt that defeat was in part because the Spurs got Cleveland in the half-court and focused on suffocating LeBron James.
Nuno’s side did to Spurs what Spurs have done to so many teams in these last few years.
Once again they faced the San Antonio Spurs, but this time it was the Spurs who were victorious.
The example I am about to show looks a lot like a combination you might see watching the San Antonio Spurs play (it is almost a direct copy of something the Spurs and many other NBA teams run).
The Spurs continue to be the Spurs, even while missing their superstar for the majority of the year.
Before fixing the detachable spurs, the natural spurs should be trimmed, leaving a trunk not longer than 3 millimeters.
Japan Cockfighting is similar to boxing for the younger roosters as they battle for a victory with their blunt natural spurs or lack thereof and after maturity they battle with their mature natural spurs which may have become pointed.
Regional variations Spurs taped and tied onto legs In some regional variations, the birds are equipped with either metal spurs (called gaffs) or knives, tied to the leg in the area where the bird's natural spur has been partially removed.
The spikes typically range in length from "short spurs" of just over an inch to "long spurs" almost two and a half inches long.
After all, the past two times the Spurs got to No. 1 overall pick, they selected Hall of Fame post players.
After impressing for Spurs’ youth teams, the West African nation were quick to snap up London-born defender Kallum Cesay, handing him his senior international debut in a friendly against Congo.
Phrases with spurs
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with spurs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the spurs 36×
- antonio spurs 16×
- spurs and 16×
- spurs have 13×
- spurs are 11×
- at spurs 9×
- for spurs 8×
- spurs in 8×
- spurs will 7×
- spurs on 6×