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Sentences ending with sprung

Cottages of this model may be seen in Lancashire, for instance, always with the same honest, homely look, as if their roofs acknowledged their relationship to the soil out of which they sprung. [6]
A Roman lance had hit him, and he lay transfixed by the side of a living purple fount, like a rock in the surf from which a sapling has sprung. [10]
Venice got as far as Titian and Paul Veronese and Tintoretto,--great colorists, mark you, magnificent on the flesh-and-blood side of Art,--but look over to Florence and see who lie in Santa Crocea, and ask out of whose loins Dante sprung! [6]
The inaugural address at the beginning of the Administration and the message to Congress at the late special session were both mainly devoted to topics domestic controversy out of which the insurrection and consequent war have sprung. [7]

More example sentences with the word sprung in them

An elderly woman would not have sprung so nimbly into the skiff that was to convey her to the land. [10]
Nor had she withheld her approval; she had heartily agreed with his views; and when, half an hour before midnight, he had gone with her to visit his patients, rapturous hopes had sprung once more in his breast. [10]
This was Diodoros, who, while Alexander was giving his directions to the charioteer, had, under cover of the darkness, sprung into the vehicle from the opposite side. [10]
Before her words were out, Pierre had sprung up and with a frightened expression seized Princess Mary's hand. [2]
If two languages were found to resemble each other in a multitude of words and points of construction, they would be universally recognised as having sprung from a common source, notwithstanding that they differed greatly in some few words or points of construction. [1]
The wonderful turmoil went on--presently a bright spark sprung from a blade, and that blade broken in several pieces, sent one of its fragments flying to the ceiling. [5]
Her own mind was wandering when it should not, and recollections she had tried to strangle had sprung up once more. [9]
Just before Hystaspes was led in by the chamberlain, Cambyses had sprung up from his couch. [10]
Now we come upon some more McClintockian surprise--a sweetheart who is sprung upon us without any preparation, along with a name for her which is even a little more of a surprise than she herself is. [5]
It has sprung up, as it were; in the night like a mushroom; it stands before us in full daylight as lusty as an oak, and promising to grow and flourish in the perennial freshness of an evergreen. [3]
They have sprung up in the night, while he slept. [5]
What had sprung up in his heart for Carterette belonged to the new life. [11]
He was perhaps twenty, and wore a coat that sprung in at the waist, and trousers of a light buff-color that gathered at the ankle and were very copious above. [9]
To tell the truth, they had looked with little favour upon the intimacy which had sprung up between him and those tyrannical potentates, Messrs. Botcher and Bascom, and many who had the courage of their convictions expressed then very frankly. [9]
In the muddy trenches of Flanders and France a new comradeship has sprung up between officers and Tommies, while time-honoured precedent has been broken by the necessity of giving thousands of commissions to men of merit who do not belong to the "officer caste. [9]
He turned quickly to the crowd, for some had sprung towards the platform to pull him off. [11]
The men began to show uneasiness, too, and presently they came flying to me with ashy faces, saying she had sprung a leak. [5]
He was about to reply, but, at the instant, a reveller pushed him with a foot behind the knees so that they were sprung forward. [11]
When she had thrown herself upon him, the dog had pulled her down before he could prevent it: he would certainly have sprung past her and have come to the rescue but that he must thus have betrayed his visit to the tablinum. [10]
Sometimes Augusta Maturin thought of Janet as a wildflower--one of the rare, shy ones, hiding under its leaves; sprung up in Hampton, of all places, crushed by a heedless foot, yet miraculously not destroyed, and already pushing forth new and eager tendrils. [9]
Yet she forced them back, though the deep suffering from which they sprung was touchingly apparent in the tone of her voice, as she continued: "I have often wished, Herr Lienhard, that the cart was my coffin and the tavern the graveyard. [10]
Half blinded by the dazzling light he saw, and bewildered by the sulphurous vapour he noticed, Heinz nevertheless retained his presence of mind, and had sprung from the saddle ere the quivering steed fell on its side. [10]
Men told anecdotes that were terrific to hear, but nobody blushed; and when the nub was sprung, the assemblage let go with a horse-laugh that shook the fortress. [5]
You will find that every time, with the single exception of the Nullification question, they sprung from an endeavor to spread this institution. [7]
He would surely succeed in becoming the master of the Protestant princes; but was the steel sword the right weapon to destroy this agitation of the soul which had sprung from the inmost depths of the German nature? [10]
It had seemed strange to her to hear people talking about him at the dinner that night, and once or twice her soul had sprung to arms to champion him, only to remember that her knowledge was special. [9]
This buoyant, clear-faced, stalwart figure had sprung suddenly out of the dark into the garish light of sovereign place, and the imagination of the people had been touched. [11]
The weeds have sprung up all over it in a night. [4]
He had, therefore, sprung to the acceptance, and sent his humble duty to the Queen by her winsome messenger, who, with conspicuous dramatic skill, had arranged secretly, with the help of a Gentleman Pensioner and the Master of the Horse, his appearance and his exit. [11]
He would have sprung the lever; but he was not so mean as to despise Jean Jacques because he had foregone his revenge. [11]
Phips himself had sprung from the lower orders,--the son of a small farmer,--and even in future days when he rose to a high position in the colonies, gaining knighthood and other honours, he had the manners and speech of "a man of the people. [11]
The Thing had sprung again upon her feet and was crouched there. [11]
If I had sprung a leak now I had been lost. [5]
He sprung his secret about Huck's share in the adventure in the finest dramatic manner he was master of, but the surprise it occasioned was largely counterfeit and not as clamorous and effusive as it might have been under happier circumstances. [5]
Mr Swiveller had scarcely sprung off his seat and commenced the performance of a maniac hornpipe, when he was interrupted, in the fulness of his joy at being again alone, by the opening of the door, and the reappearance of Miss Sally's head. [12]
Often did she ride by my side, making light of the hardships which, indeed, were no hardships to her, wondering at the settlements which had sprung up like magic in the wilderness, which were the heralds of the greatness of the Republic,--her country now. [9]
She's like the red red rose that's newly sprung in June--there's no denying that--she's also like a melody that's sweetly played in tune. [12]
With one great plunge she had sprung into the river of understanding. [11]
Of the superb physical coolness and intrepid mind with which he had sprung upon the stage of Covent Garden Opera House to rescue Al'mah nothing seemed left; or, if it did remain, it was shocked out of its bearings. [11]
In the midst of the turmoil, Bob H---- sprung up out of a sound sleep, and knocked down a shelf with his head. [5]
P. S. One of the persons present in the parlor says that after Laura Hawkins had fired twice, she turned the pistol towards herself, but that Brierly sprung and caught it from her hand, and that it was he who threw it on the floor. [5]
And the fears of the jovial party were only too well founded, for a tall, lean Egyptian suddenly stood among the Greeks as if he had sprung from the earth. [10]
The very mists of the future seemed to break before his importuning gaze, and his eyes seemed indeed to behold, against the whitening dawn of the spiritual age he predicted, the slender spires of a new Church sprung from the foundations of the old. [9]
In the yard of the Fort the grass have grown tall, and sprung in the cracks under the doors and windows; the Fort have not been use for a long time. [11]
This simple tale of ancient times had sprung from the Thuringian soil, so rich in legends, and, little as it might satisfy the etymologist, it delighted me. [10]
The entire front of a tall four-story brick building in Third street sprung outward like a door and fell sprawling across the street, raising a dust like a great volume of smoke! [5]
In Carl a new aspiration had sprung up, a new patriotism stirred. [9]
I had surmised much as to the rank of life from which the captain had sprung, but my astonishment was great when I was told that John Paul was the son of a poor gardener. [9]
In that wild moment in the church when she had fallen insensible in Charley's arms, a new feeling had sprung up in her. [11]
The other gentle men, and among them my brother-in-law Paulus, had likewise sprung forward to lend their aid; he, indeed, had snatched his lace neck-tie off and dipped it in the fountain. [10]
Now came the mate, hurrying aft, and said, close to the captain's ear, in a low, agitated voice: "Prepare for the worst, sir--we have sprung a leak! [5]
He wore a light night-dress, intended, so she said to herself, to give the wretch the appearance of having sprung out of bed. [10]
And when at last he grasped the reins and gave the word, the men sprung suddenly away from the mules' heads and the coach shot from the station as if it had issued from a cannon. [5]
Within thirty-six hours Kilauea has sprung from its flameless sleep into sulphurous life and red roaring grandeur. [11]
Songs, merry laughter, jests, and glad shouts accompanied the pitching of every tent, and the camp sprung up as quickly as if it had been conjured from the earth by some magic spell. [10]
From the first it was an immense success; it had a circulation in other cities, and many imitations of it sprung up. [4]
She had sprung into the saddle--she always travelled on horseback--in the worst possible mood, but had urged all who were near the Emperor Charles's person, and also the almoner Pedro de Soto, to remember the wounded man and do everything possible to aid his recovery. [10]
He was filled instead with something like awe at the vigor of this nation which was sprung from the loins of his own. [9]
Since the meeting in the restaurant the day before, which had resulted in Hugh's happy inspiration that the festival begun should be continued indefinitely at Highlawns, a kind of freemasonry had sprung up between the four. [9]
When one is in the receptive attitude of mind, the thoughts which are sprung upon him, the images which flash through his--consciousness, are a delight and an excitement. [6]
When she wept in the morning beside the spring, it was not, she now thought, because of the heiress from Messina; no, the tears that had sprung to her eyes were like those a mother sheds for her erring son. [10]
I had an idea that the well had sprung a leak; that some of the wall stones near the bottom had fallen and exposed fissures that allowed the water to escape. [5]
And up them I sprung, the captain cutting at my legs as I left the sheer-pole, and I stopped not until I reached the schooner's cross-trees, where I drew my cutlass. [9]
Ned sprung to his feet and said: "Come along--you're my meat now, my lad, anyway. [5]
Bob left behind him, too, a score of rumors, sprung full grown into life with his visit. [9]
She had indeed heard him give vent to a mitigated indignation against foreigners in general, but now the old-school Americanism in which he had been bred, the Americanism of individual rights, of respect for the convention of property, had suddenly sprung into flame. [9]
But pretty soon he struggled up astraddle and grabbed the bridle, a-reeling this way and that; and the next minute he sprung up and dropped the bridle and stood! [5]
When at last he finished his tale and sprung the indelicate surprise which is wont to fetch a crash of laughter, not a ripple of sound resulted. [5]
It would indeed have been difficult to analyze the new relationship that had sprung up between us, to say what elements composed it. [9]
Zorrillo and he hastily sprung to support the tottering woman, who was almost fainting. [10]
In terror she hastened to the library and sprung the panel. [11]
But a doubt has lately sprung up in my mind. [5]
I cannot be hard with you, that out of your very affliction has sprung this--this well--you must name it for me,--but the world will never listen to explanations. [6]
All day he had worn that air--since five o'clock in the morning, when he had sprung from his pallet. [9]
After this he had sprung up and held aloft his hand with the forefinger extended and sworn to the spirit that nothing here after would seduce him from the pursuit of the elixir which was to render Truth triumphant in the world. [10]
Her incoherent phrases had sprung from the heart, and the picture rose before him of the stout but frightened, good-natured lady who had never accustomed herself to the enjoyment of wealth and luxury. [9]
The roofs, which had no slant to them worth speaking of, were thatched and then sodded or covered with a thick layer of earth, and from this sprung a pretty rank growth of weeds and grass. [5]
He had sprung from his seat pale as death; his lips trembled and his fist was clenched. [10]
We are sprung from her loins, and it hurts me. [5]
In this way Froebel, whose own notes, collected from different sources, we are here following, hopes to guard against a defective or misdirected education; for what the pupil knows and can do has sprung, as it were, from his own brain. [10]
It was impossible for her to get away in time, and Carnac had sprung to her and got her free. [11]
It is an extraordinary place, this City Point; a military city sprung up like a mushroom in a winter. [9]
Every one was eager to have one, and sprung to catch them, scuffling and struggling and making the parchment sound on his neighbor's head. [10]
It was the door leading to the unused hallway, which had not been properly closed and had sprung open. [11]
One day a Dominican sprung upon her a question which made everybody cock up his ears with interest; as for me, I trembled, and said to myself she is done this time, poor Joan, for there is no way of answering this. [5]
Even as he did so a thought sprung in him. [11]
But if I did not understand him, I liked him decidedly from that night forward, and I hoped that his advances had sprung from some other motive than politeness. [9]
The old Chiltern did not belong to her: hers was the new man sprung undefiled from the sacred fire of their love; and in that fire she, too, had been born again. [9]
When, finally, the Corinthian desired to know whether he, Publius, considered Irene's eyes to be brown or blue, he had sprung up impatiently, and exclaimed indignantly: "And supposing they were red or green, what would it matter to me! [10]
Motley so well became everything he wore, that if he had sprung from his bed and slipped his clothes on at an alarm of fire, his costume would have looked like a prince's undress. [6]
Swift as a ball thrown from a man's hand, a runner had sprung forward and hurried on to announce the approach of the princess to the chief priest. [10]
The next morning, as if by magic, hundreds of taxis had sprung into existence, though they were much in demand. [9]
But, another glance around called to her mind all that had lately passed, and she sprung from her bed, hoping and trustful. [12]
Michel had not approved of Lempriere's mummery of defence, but he understood from what good spirit it sprung, and how it flattered the Seigneur's vanity to make show of resistance. [11]
The belief that animals so distinct as a monkey, an elephant, a humming-bird, a snake, a frog, and a fish, etc., could all have sprung from the same parents, will appear monstrous to those who have not attended to the recent progress of natural history. [1]
With failing strength and heightening resolution, there had sprung up a purified and altered mind; there had grown in her bosom blessed thoughts and hopes, which are the portion of few but the weak and drooping. [12]
The great "Gould and Curry" mine was held at three or four hundred dollars a foot when we arrived; but in two months it had sprung up to eight hundred. [5]
As I sprung aboard I sung out: "Out with you, Jim, and set her loose! [5]
He gave it a strong push into the stream and with a powerful leap, as when hunting he had often sprung from rock to rock, he jumped into the boat. [10]
There was not a spear above ground when I went away; and now it had sprung up, and gone to seed, and there were stalks higher than my head. [4]

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