Use sprang in a sentence
Sentences ending with sprang
- I will do that presently; but before exhibiting the matured sequoia gigantea, I believe it will be best to exhibit the sprout from which it sprang. [5]
- He denounced the seditious doings in Annapolis and Boston Town with an air of easy familiarity, for Philip had the memory of a parrot, and 'twas easy to perceive whence his knowledge sprang. [9]
- But, at the moment, Pourcette turned sharply round, saw his danger, caught his gun, and fired as the puma sprang. [11]
- Official position, no matter how obtained, entitled a man to a place in it, and carried his family with him, no matter whence they sprang. [5]
- He understood this man and the people from which he sprang. [9]
- But my radicalism goes back behind the establishment of railroads, Mr. Flint, back to the foundation of this government, to the idea from which it sprang. [9]
Short sentences using sprang
- He sprang towards the cliff. [11]
- Parpon sprang to his-feet. [11]
- Fleda sprang to his side. [11]
- Detricand sprang to his feet. [11]
- Wonder sprang to his eyes. [11]
- Honora sprang to her feet. [9]
- She sprang to her feet. [11]
- Rosalie sprang to her feet. [11]
- Tears sprang to her eyes. [11]
- Gering sprang forward. [11]
More example sentences with the word sprang in them
- Such was the youth who first sprang on shore. [10]
- He sprang towards you over Faddo's body, even as you threw the lantern, and, catching his arm, you ran with him towards the dyke. [11]
- It means that you can't skip out on any such--" Tracy made a step toward the old man, but Mrs. Marsh sprang between, and said: "Don't, Mr. Tracy, please. [5]
- It was a world to see how the nobles preferred to gold and silver, which abounded, the new Venice glass, whence a great trade sprang up with Murano that made many rich. [4]
- To repay them with treachery and desertion was foreign to his nature and, drawing a long breath, he sprang to his feet with the conviction that he had chosen aright. [10]
- Dion sprang in with them, and soon recognized in the hail the voice of the architect Gorgias. [10]
- An instant, then, with the instinct of the woods and the plains, and the courage that has habitation everywhere, dropping her basket she sprang forward noiselessly. [11]
- Washington sprang forward, with the eager question on his lips, and the Senator said: "We may rejoice freely, now, my son--Providence has crowned our efforts with success. [5]
- Then he sprang with long leaps from the ruined tower to the barren plain at his feet, and ran southward as fleetly as if he were escaping from captivity a second time. [10]
- Then he retired with less assurance than he had come, and John Paul sprang to his feet and laid his hands upon my shoulders, as was his wont when affected. [9]
- They sprang forward with dismay in their faces, and begged to know his trouble. [5]
- Miles sprang forward, with a happy confidence, to meet her, but she checked him with a hardly perceptible gesture, and he stopped where he was. [5]
- Longueil sprang forward with a cry of rage, but a spent ball struck him. [11]
- Leadership, and the wisdom it implied, did not reside in the people, but in the leaders who sprang from the people and interpreted their needs and longings.... [9]
- Sometimes a favorable wind sprang up, and we hoisted the sail. [9]
- At last the wind sprang up and a cloud appeared--in the right quarter, too, and just at nightfall. [5]
- I scarcely knew what I did as I sprang forward and took the Vicomtesse by the arm. [9]
- Here, as it were, round the bent and broken sides of a bowl, war raged, and the centre was like some caldron out of which imps of ships sprang and sailed to hand up fires of hell to the battalions on the ledges. [11]
- Just as he was stooping over the fire, as Gordineer did, I sprang upon him, clasping him about the neck, and bringing him to the ground. [11]
- The daring act was committed just at dawn, by six masked men, who sprang up alongside the coaches, presented revolvers at the heads of the drivers and passengers, and commanded a general dismount. [5]
- Suddenly, as Oshondonto was about to speak, Silver Tassel sprang to his feet, seized in his arms a lad of twelve who was standing near, and running to the bank, dropped him into the swift current. [11]
- Now, as the warm weather approaches, and the ganders begin to spawn-- The excited listener sprang toward me to shake hands, and said: "There, there--that will do. [5]
- The man sprang upon it, striking with his shoulder. [11]
- A dog sprang upon him as he did so, and rubbed its head against his breast. [11]
- How they sprang upon a bone, how they crunched the bread we gave them! [5]
- Then he sprang up once more, crying out so loud and passionately that I felt as if I must die of grief and pity: 'Forgive me if you can! [10]
- But he sprang up as she entered, and prevented her further greeting by exclaiming: "Patience! [10]
- Presently he sprang up and said: "Thunder and lightning! [5]
- His daughter sprang up and offered him the cup full of wine and water which was standing on the table; but Keraunus pushed it aside with his hands, and panted out, while he struggled for breath: "Supersede me--in my place--turn me out of this palace! [10]
- Little Brown sprang up and became abusive in a moment. [5]
- But suddenly she turned towards him, and the tears sprang to her eyes, and the words rushed out fiercely, "I wish I had never left Cyrusville. [4]
- He sprang away towards the spot where his comrades awaited him. [11]
- She"--jerking a finger towards the house--"she earns what you eat, she--" It was the last word he ever spoke, for, with a low terrible cry, the Seigneur snatched up a knife from the table and sprang upon him, catching him by the throat. [11]
- And when I took them away, after a little, there she was again, white and shining and beautiful, and I sprang into her arms! [5]
- During this period, too, there sprang up the strangest of intimacies between him and Jethro Bass. [9]
- Something in the tone of it struck to his heart, and he sprang as if he had been stabbed. [6]
- Then Lewis sprang to the ground and stood in this V. He gathered his vast strength, and with a perfect Creedmoor aim he seized the gray horse's bit as he plunged by and fetched him up standing! [5]
- Now he sprang to the front door, called to the approaching crowd for help, then ran back to help O'Ryan. [11]
- I looked forward to the day when I would take you to my 'tan', and there we two would--" A flush sprang suddenly to Fleda Druse's face, then slowly faded, leaving it pale and indignant. [11]
- Klea was about to stroke the coaxing animal, but it sprang back, stared at her shyly, and, as she could not help thinking, angrily with its green eyes, and then shrank back into the corner close to Irene's couch. [10]
- I sprang alertly to meet wit and gossip, my mind ran nimbly here and there, I filled the role of honoured guest. [11]
- She sprang forward to meet Boges, trembling with eagerness, caught a hasty glance at herself in the looking-glass, and then, fixing her eyes on the eunuch, asked impetuously: "Are you pleased with me? [10]
- The question sprang to his lips now. [11]
- Injun Joe sprang to his feet, his eyes flaming with passion, snatched up Potter's knife, and went creeping, catlike and stooping, round and round about the combatants, seeking an opportunity. [5]
- Mr. Worthington sprang to his feet, and flung out a hand toward Jethro. [9]
- The Chancellor sprang to his feet and appealed to his Majesty: "Sire, I claim your protection. [5]
- The tears sprang to his eyes and blurred all objects. [5]
- The King sprang to his deliverer's side, with flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes, exclaiming-- "Thou hast lagged sorely, but thou comest in good season, now, Sir Miles; carve me this rabble to rags! [5]
- This, however, seemed to her so impossible and painful, so humiliating and shocking, that she sprang from her bed and for a long time paced with bare feet the sleeping-room, which was but dimly lighted by the lamp. [10]
- The wife sprang to her feet, came to me with a set face, and stared stonily at the coat for an instant. [11]
- Mademoiselle Cerise sprang to her feet and ran forward. [11]
- The tears sprang to her eyes; her face upturned to his was a mute appeal, a speechless 'Viens ici'. [11]
- I wished not to fight, and I sprang aside; but he made a pass at me, and I drew my pistol and was about to fire, when another shot came from the hallway and struck him. [11]
- The publics expects to be interested, and nothing would interest it more than to be told that the success of 'Every Other Week' sprang from the first application of the principle of Live and let Live to a literary enterprise. [8]
- At the signal three men sprang up like magic out of the bowels of the boat beneath them, and scurried over the side; three as ripe knaves as ever cheated stocks and gallows, but simple knaves, unlike their master. [11]
- The eager little thing sprang to her feet, her eyes flashed lightnings and her voice quivered with rage, as she exclaimed: "And you not only say it but mean it? [10]
- As soon as they were together, Caesar sprang up and vehemently demanded to know what news he had brought. [10]
- They were armed; they sprang upon me and tied me. [11]
- On one of these was seated a person with an unmistakable nose and an odour of St. Giles's, who sprang to his feet and then sat down again dejectedly. [9]
- At their homes their wives sprang up with an eager "Well? [5]
- He sprang through the window, and patted her on the back--his usual salutation. [9]
- He flung open the window and sprang through. [6]
- He sprang towards the wall and examined it swiftly. [11]
- Lower down in the valley sprang a brooklet of which he knew, and hard by it grew various herbs and roots, with which he had often allayed his hunger. [10]
- The watch of the Valiant, waking suddenly, sprang up and ran forward, making no outcry, dazed but bent on fighting. [11]
- I sprang through the underbrush and came down roughly into a sort of quarry, spraining my ankle on a pile of stones. [11]
- Her tone bespoke the subtle intimacy that always sprang up between them, despite bars and conventions. [9]
- Nicolas sprang up the stairs in two or three bounds, called his cousin, and hastily told her that her father had had a severe fall from his horse while hunting, and was lying dangerously ill. [10]
- She ran to the spot above the whirlpool, and sprang out and down. [11]
- She looked at the sightless eyes, and a passionate protest sprang to her lips which, in spite of herself, broke forth in a sort of moan. [11]
- The next moment the rope sprang taut and yanked Sir Sagramor out of the saddle! [5]
- When Paaker entered the room he found it lighted with lamps, and a large dog sprang joyfully to meet him. [10]
- A dozen of the rascal's servants sprang forward, and in a moment we were helpless, with our hands bound behind us. [5]
- He sprang across the open circle and confronted the officer in charge, crying-- "For shame! [5]
- She threw open the long window, sprang out, caught up the white fantail, and held it to her bosom. [6]
- She sprang from the litter and alighted on the ground with both feet at once, clung firmly to the door, and haughtily flung back her head, crowned with a wealth of dark locks. [10]
- Mirth sprang to the lips of the men like foam on a beaker of wine, so that the evening ran towards midnight swiftly. [11]
- I sprang to the king, and said in his ear: "Out of the door on the instant, sire! [5]
- Idling members of the House flocked to their seats, nervous gentlemen sprang to their feet, pages flew hither and thither, life and animation were visible everywhere, all the long ranks of faces in the building were kindled. [5]
- He sprang on the hammock- nettings, put the noose of the hanging-rope round his neck, and said to the men who advanced menacingly: "'If you will return to your duty, you may hang me at the yard-arm! [11]
- Quick as lightning the half-breed sprang for a window, tore his way through all opposers, and was gone! [5]
- Chiltern sprang to the ground and began to undo his saddle girths. [9]
- At this moment the gladiator Tarautas, as nimble as a cat and as bloodthirsty as a hungry wolf, sprang on to one of the enemy's piled-up wagons, and a tall swordsman, with a bear-skin over his shoulder, and long, reddish-gold hair, flew to meet him. [10]
- He sprang at the fuse; severed the inch of it that was left above ground, and was saved. [5]
- When she heard the Eletto's heavy step, she sprang up from her spinning-wheel in alarm, and the maid-servant, half roused from sleep, threw herself on her knees. [10]
- No sooner did the danger seem past than bitter strife sprang up within the walls. [9]
- Suddenly Seti answered the cry--he answered the cry and sprang forward. [11]
- I sprang at the creature, roaring: "Curse you, I have wished a hundred million times that you were tangible, and that I could get my hands on your throat once! [5]
- When he gained the cover of cedars he paused to rest and look, and it was then he saw how the trees sprang from holes in the bare rock. [13]
- He sprang to the corner of the brick store. [5]
- Suddenly one of the cloaked figures sprang towards the steps with arms outstretched, calling aloud, "Robert! [11]
- Thus it happened that they flew by, and were at the tannery house before they knew it; and Cynthia, all unaided, sprang out of the buggy and ran in, alone. [9]
- The guide said that after Titian's time and the time of the other great names we had grown so familiar with, high art declined; then it partially rose again--an inferior sort of painters sprang up, and these shabby pictures were the work of their hands. [5]
- A feeling stronger than friendship sprang up between them; an exclusive feeling of life being possible only in each other's presence. [2]
- Helene's face became terrible, she shrieked and sprang aside. [2]
- I wanted to take the book from him, but he fled with the roll, sprang out of window, let himself down to the edge of the well, and tore and rubbed the manuscript to pieces in a rage. [10]
- But, as the sun shot a burning line across the water, a new salt breeze sprang up and fanned a hope into flame. [9]
- But their owner suddenly sprang from a ditch near by, and he barely escaped his pursuit. [10]
- They sprang away, stumbling over roots and among vines in the dark, no two plunging in the same direction. [5]
- Before she could stoop to pick it up, one young lady of about fifteen or sixteen, who had been standing a little apart from the others, as though she had no recognised place among them, sprang forward and put it in her hand. [12]
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