new-sprung
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of new-sprung
Example Sentences
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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 George Meredith
A piece of information reached me, that, if true, must sweep all these new-sprung theories out my mind.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid
In one thing the elder brother succeeded—in concealing his new-sprung passion from the spectators.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Mayne Reid
FLOW, Waters! spread afar my zones of green, So I with salt baptismal waves may haunt And bathe the new-sprung continents terrene, Hearing my freshets and young rivers chaunt.
From The Masque of the Elements by Herman George Scheffauer
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 L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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