You hold: ♠ A92 ♥ AJ1087 ♦ K ♣ A985

Bid two spades now, showing at least an invitational-strength hand with three spades. You would have raised directly with a minimum — say, our example hand but with the club ace instead of the club queen. Of course, on this hand the diamond king is not likely to be pulling its full weight, but the probability that you are improving the strain makes bidding clear-cut here.