sprung

[spruhng]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of spring.

sprung

/ sprʌŋ /

verb

1. the past participle and a past tense of spring

Other Word Forms

• self-sprung adjective
• unsprung adjective

Example Sentences

The main organiser of the Falkirk protests is the group Save Our Kids and Our Kids Future, which sprung up in response to Nikzad's crime.

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Aidan Toner-Rodgers, 27, sprung to the upper tiers of economics as a graduate student late last year from virtually out of nowhere.

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Angelica’s sympathies may have sprung, in part, from her own marital trials.

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The words had sprung into her mind when the children mentioned “sheeted ghosts” to the baroness.

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“The roof of Ashton Place seems to have sprung a leak,” she thought, still in a deep doze.

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