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
  • 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
  • No more springing forward and losing an hour of sleep in March.
    — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 8 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Then on Thursday, on Houston’s opening day of springing training, the club somehow made things worse.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 14 Feb. 2020
  • There were others, too, each with their own corresponding meal springing to mind.
    — Devra Ferst, Bon Appetit, 5 July 2017
  • There were others, too, each with their own corresponding meal springing to mind.
    — Devra Ferst, Bon Appetit, 5 July 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • Using elaborate projections, the stage becomes a painting springing to life through the artist's eyes.
    — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • Based on their strong start, Wilson insists all is not lost springing into February.
    — Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But before springing into the flamethrower routine, Beatty goads Montag into touching and flipping through a book.
    — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 18 May 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • They, fellow fast-acting Chiefs fan Paul Contreras and other bystanders are being credited with springing into action as the celebration turned to chaos.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • When asked what ingredients to look for in an eye cream, our dermatologists recommended springing for peptides.
    — Lacey Muinos, Health, 23 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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