VERB
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come into existence; take on form or shape
a love that sprang up from friendship
An interesting phenomenon uprose
A new religious movement originated in that country
the idea for the book grew out of a short story
How To Use spring up In A Sentence
- Surely, if any spot in the world be sacred, it is that in which grief ceases, and for which, if the voice within our hearts mocks us not with an everlasting lie, we spring upon the untiring wings of a pangless and seraphic life -- those whom we love around us -- our nature, universal intelligence, our atmosphere, eternal love. Percy Bysshe Shelley as a Philosopher and Reformer
- Jokes spring up where you would most and least expect them-in a frat house bedroom during a blowout party, or at an octogenarian's funeral.
- Unfortunately it has not been possible before this to remove all diseased portions, no matter what method was applied, because often tiny lupous tubercles spring up which are almost invisible to the naked eye. Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated
- Many monster high - rise buildings spring up all over the city.
- Great law firms or design companies don't spring up overnight, like rock supergroups that decide to get together one weekend.
- The northwest wind will spring up this evening.
- Second, the web is organic, growing daily, so new ‘degenerate’ sites regularly emerge and also resurrections of banned sites spring up in new places.
- Around the 1900s, tea shops began to spring up, one of the few places where a lady could go unchaperoned without raising eyebrows.
- Improvised restaurants and tea stalls spring up in the evening.
- During the trading year, random events could spring up to challenge your ability to manage the business through such unforeseen situations.
