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Usage examples of spurring.

He glanced over his left shoulder and saw the three other officers were still two hundred yards away, then a shouted challenge from his right revealed that the French Lieutenant had succeeded in turning his horse and was now spurring back to make a new attack.

The German brigade officers were already spurring down the road towards Sharpe.

The wings of the battalion curved backwards and inwards, but the enemy Lancers were already behind the line and spurring into the space between the wings.

Through the smoke he saw a mass of French cavalry spurring up from dead ground and heading slantwise across the field.

Lord John was suddenly alone in the pelting rain with his one dreadful enemy spurring towards him.

Then the single man, crouched and spurring hard, turned his horse off the road and across the grass, making desperately for the cover afforded by the edge of the woodland.

One evening in August, towards dusk, a messenger came spurring up the valley.

Sharpe looked eastwards and saw the General spurring up behind the kilted 78th.

A glance behind showed a riderless horse and a score of men spurring forward to take revenge.

The Haloga guardsmen had to stay tight around him to keep him from spurring ahead of the army to the scouts who led its advance.

Ned said, saluted with his bright hook, then turned his horse and rode away, Elman spurring after him.

Even Pawldo darted forward, spurring his pony into a gallop while he drew a shortsword from a sheath on his saddle.

He looked behind as he rode, hoping that the flash of light was nothing but some errant reflection, but men he saw, horsemen spurring from the trees.

Wellesley ordered the Sergeant Major before giving Sharpe one last withering look and spurring his horse away.

But now, when we have lieutenants of counties, officers, mayors, and gentry spurring it for very life down the highways, I have sold more of my rare old wines in three days than ever I did before in a calendar month.