sprang

¹

[sprang]

verb

1. a simple past tense of spring.

sprang

²

[sprang]

noun

1. a technique of weaving in which the warp is interwoven and there is no weft.

sprang

/ spræŋ /

verb

1. the past tense of spring

Word History and Origins

Origin of sprang¹

1950–55; perhaps < Norwegian: lace, tatting

Example Sentences

Worse, I often learned that the president’s staff was adding fuel to negative narratives that sprang up around me.”

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Their partnership sprang from a recognition that brain science has lagged behind other disciplines in recognizing the need for community-centered research that treats study participants as equal partners, Tornini said.

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Murals of him sprang up around the Southwest.

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The album first sprang to mind six years ago, when the title began as a simple game of phonetics.

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Boggs asserts that many of the author’s most enduring works, including “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and his breakthrough novel about gay love “Giovanni’s Room,” sprang from these early, formative encounters.

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