new-sprung
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of new-sprung
Example Sentences
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I am quite ashamed of my new-sprung distaste for country life.
From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Brontë, Anne
Outside, the wind was blowing over a bed of new-sprung mint in the garden, and was suggestively fragrant.
From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
My new-sprung joy was short-lived, and fast fleeted away.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
Lo, the herb of healing, when once the herb is known, Shines in shady woods bright as new-sprung flame.
From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George
There was the note of the fashion plate, the evidence of pains, of correctness not instinctive but studied—the marks our new-sprung obstreperous aristocracy has made familiar to us all.
From The Second Generation by Phillips, David Graham
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