Growth spurts during puberty can make walking more difficult. His runs roared, and there were jarring staccato passages and furious double-time spurts. Its intensity wasn't manic; it didn't come in spurts. It typically runs in short spurts and stops. This results in lower fares and sometimes dramatic spurts in traffic growth. The majority of growth during growth spurts is of the long bones. After these brief spurts of activity, it continued to decline. She retired after the competition due to injuries and growth spurts. He pulls out the sword and watches as blood spurts from the Samurai's neck. The party experienced two growth spurts in the 20th century. They hop on rocks and move about in quick spurts. Both ionic channels proceed, in their respective directions, in a number of successive spurts. Financial issues forced the band into recording it in spurts, throughout this time. Residential development occurred in the postwar years in several spurts. The weapon could give 12 seconds of flame divided into any number of individual spurts.