had sprung
- past perfect of spring.
Example Sentences
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The network of groups that had sprung up to help this wave of immigrants integrate into the city pivoted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Growing up, he remembers echoes of the bombings — missing buildings, rebuilt neighborhoods, playgrounds he frequented that had sprung up in the hollows of the explosions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
I wanted to find out where this image had sprung from.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2024
South Ribble Borough Council's environmental health team did an inspection of her drains but the authority said it was ultimately unable to help because the sinkhole had sprung up on private land.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024
The snow had ingratiated itself with the ruins of walls and memory of a roof, and it made it seem like the small dark-brown house had sprung out of the snow itself.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
