How to Use springing in a Sentence
springing
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The hospital project is just one of many springing up across the country and around the world.
—New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
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The charge to the vault is followed by the springing jump on the platform to greet the vault followed by the move and then sticking the landing.
—The Lonnquist Notes, By Kevin Lonnquist, star-telegram.com, 8 May 2017
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No more springing forward and losing an hour of sleep in March.
—Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 8 Mar. 2018
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On the foot’s way to stopping, or to twisting or springing to the next step, the sole’s intricate designs stick, then slip, then stick.
—John Branch, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2017
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Perhaps one of these things will happen; the Kremlin and the Ukrainian army both have a way of springing surprises.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 11 May 2022
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Then on Thursday, on Houston’s opening day of springing training, the club somehow made things worse.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Feb. 2020
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There were others, too, each with their own corresponding meal springing to mind.
—Devra Ferst, Bon Appetit, 5 July 2017
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There were others, too, each with their own corresponding meal springing to mind.
—Devra Ferst, Bon Appetit, 5 July 2017
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Groveland is about to become a big place with growth and development springing up inside the city and all around it.
—Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2017
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The new Perfume series shifts the action to the modern day and uses the book's idea of manipulating people through scent as a springing-off point.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2018
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Using elaborate projections, the stage becomes a painting springing to life through the artist's eyes.
—Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018
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Passengers, and that includes back-seaters, can actually enjoy the ride, thanks to the soft springing and ample leg- and headroom.
—Pete Lyons, Car and Driver, 11 Mar. 2023
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The team will need to create more chances for him as a downfield threat, but there’s no questioning his gift for springing free from the slot, his reliable hands or his ferocious thirst to reach the end zone.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2024
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Based on their strong start, Wilson insists all is not lost springing into February.
—Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Jan. 2018
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The equaliser set up a grand-stand finish to proceedings, with Arsenal springing into life once more while Wolves looked their threatening-selves on the counter.
—SI.com, 2 Nov. 2019
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View full post on Instagram Paolo also shared a video of Nicole doing some intense springing on the treadmill in January 2023.
—Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 7 Apr. 2023
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There went the Warriors, slogging to the finish line of a long regular season and springing to life by dispatching San Antonio in their first-round playoff series.
—Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 13 June 2018
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Those savings will apparently stick around through next week, which could entice some mobile shoppers into springing for the new mint color.
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2024
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But before springing into the flamethrower routine, Beatty goads Montag into touching and flipping through a book.
—Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 18 May 2018
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Saddled with a 1-2 record, riddled with a roster springing leaks all over, and now, peppered by questions about the upcoming game against Tom Brady, the Patriots coach has landed in full exasperation mode.
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2021
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That ritual springing forward in March and falling back in November is apparently so much of a pain that Congress is considering stepping in.
—James Brown, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2022
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Night-blooming cereus does the opposite, springing into flower only under cover of darkness, as bewitching as a succubus.
—Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2017
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The rear suspension, which was already fully independent, now uses coil springs instead of torsion bars as the springing medium, and benefits from another 4.5 inches of track.
—Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 15 May 2020
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When asked what ingredients to look for in an eye cream, our dermatologists recommended springing for peptides.
—Lacey Muinos, Health, 23 Jan. 2023
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From there, always with the idea of home dangling in front of him, Beau ventures, lost, into a forest where a traveling theater troupe puts on elaborate shows springing, seemingly, straight from our protagonist’s subconscious.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
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The creature appeared to move — running with a springing gait, according to one interpretation, or falling dead, according to another.
—Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2020
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Naturally, #blueboarding is now an Instagram hashtag, with more than 4,000 pictures and videos of people hot springing in Alaska, grinning with camels in Egypt and brandishing battle axes in California.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
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Facebook is merely the most recognizable face of data mining science springing up in recent years to gather information on nearly every industry.
—Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Apr. 2018
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Initially created to conserve energy, springing to more sunlight reduces crime and car accidents, according to the US Department of Transportation.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 9 Mar. 2020
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The archaeology and mysticism never keep him from springing surprises, including plenty of humor.
—John Domini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
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