Sprung

Examples

• This the Muses affirm to be the stock from which discord has sprung, wherever arising; and this is their answer to us. Plato. The Republic.
• V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Rival companies have sprung up, using slightly different varieties of apparatus. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The living spirit of the republic, it seemed, had sprung from a slaughter of royalists and the execution of the king. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A breeze had sprung up, swaying inward the muslin curtains, and bringing a fresh scent of mignonette and petunias from the flower-box on the balcony. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• No longer a serf, but a freeman and a landholder, Gurth sprung upon his feet, and twice bounded aloft to almost his own height from the ground. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• A new dream, which they reverently call Christian, has sprung from their desires. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Before I could overtake him he had sprung to the rail and hurled himself headforemost into the awful depths below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up and choked them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• But with the increase of serious and just ground of complaint, a new kind of patience had sprung up in her mother's mind. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Since then a town of considerable importance has sprung up on the ground occupied by the fort and troops, which has also taken his name. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The faithful Gurth indeed sprung forward on the planked bridge, to warn Cedric of his impending fate, or to share it with him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• A great demand for sewing machines had sprung up. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• One look, and he had sprung from the vessel's side, and with vigorous strokes was swimming towards it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The rod of Science had touched the rock again and from the earth had sprung another servant with power to serve mankind, and waited the skilled brain and hand to direct its course. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The snow was over, and a tingling wind had sprung up, that lashed his face as he stood gazing. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He sprung from the cabin-window, as he said this, upon the ice-raft which lay close to the vessel. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Whence sprung this difference? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• At last, with slow and heavy steps, I had paced out of the hall, and sprung upon my horse. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• When he laughed, certain jerks occurred in it, and the rattle sprung. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The Disinherited Knight sprung from his steed, and also unsheathed his sword. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• It had sprung up in the night, or rather early morning, like Jack's bean-stalk. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The scar sprung into view that instant. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• A hasty examination of his wife revealed no marks upon her, and Clayton decided that the huge brute had died the instant he had sprung toward Alice. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• This law established his tyranny; and for one mischief which it prevented, ten thousand evils, horrible and afflicting, sprung up in its place. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Before sunset a strong breeze sprung up from the north, and this must have caused tens of thousands of the butterflies and other insects to perish. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Several new kinds of plants sprung up in the garden, which they dressed; and these signs of comfort increased daily as the season advanced. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• A red square of light had sprung out of the darkness. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Where have you sprung up from? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• We had sprung into the dog-cart, and Holmes, after turning the horse, gave it a sharp cut with the whip, and we flew back along the road. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

Editor: Shanna