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Sprung is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Sprung in a sentence

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Sprung meaning

simple past and past participle of spring

Using Sprung

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of spring
  • In the example corpus, sprung often appears in combinations such as: sprung up, have sprung, has sprung.

Context around Sprung

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Sprung

  • In this selection, "sprung" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, quickly, smallie, initially and romania stand out and add context to how "sprung" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 1900shousing tracts sprung up within and a croc sprung up sunk. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sprung" sits close to words such as airplanes, brigadier and calorie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sprung

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Ahead of the tropical storm's arrival, locals quickly sprung into action. (12 words)

Normally they’d have sprung for that paltry sum without blinking an eye! (13 words)

Los Angeles 1850s-1900sHousing tracts sprung up within a ½ mile of his rail lines. (15 words)

The process can be so competitive, and hopeful adopters can be so desperate, that an entire industry has sprung up to help families create and design adoption profile books like the one Holly and Brian had the graphic designer in the family put together. (44 words)

By the middle of the year, quite a few new clubs had sprung up in the district: Cowie’s Creek (centred on the Ocean Child Hotel, North Geelong); Duck Ponds (now Lara); Shank Hill (near Pollocksford); Buninyong; and Ballarat. (39 words)

Electronic bikes and scooters operated by hire companies have sprung up in a number of UK cities and towns, and they are a convenient and environmentally friendly form of transport used by many people. (34 words)

But at the bottom of it all it has to be asked exactly why was Smallie sprung from what is supposed to be Guyana’s most secure prison? (28 words)

Normally they’d have sprung for that paltry sum without blinking an eye! (13 words)

Example sentences (20)

Ahead of the tropical storm's arrival, locals quickly sprung into action.

And as these pictures show the lights from Worthy Farm could easily be confused for a new large town or city that has just sprung up for three days.

A Surrey construction worker has been hailed a "hero" after he sprung into action and saved a worker trapped by a fire in Reading this morning (23 November).

Businesses have sprung up to help companies track their consumption on a granular basis, and renewable energy markets have created hourly products.

But at the bottom of it all it has to be asked exactly why was Smallie sprung from what is supposed to be Guyana’s most secure prison?

By the middle of the year, quite a few new clubs had sprung up in the district: Cowie’s Creek (centred on the Ocean Child Hotel, North Geelong); Duck Ponds (now Lara); Shank Hill (near Pollocksford); Buninyong; and Ballarat.

Calls for it to be re-examined initially sprung from a legal dispute between the PGA Tour and the breakaway LIV Golf organisation, backed by Saudi Arabia’s PIF.

Electronic bikes and scooters operated by hire companies have sprung up in a number of UK cities and towns, and they are a convenient and environmentally friendly form of transport used by many people.

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Germany’s guards have sprung an upset on Australia, who let a final-quarter lead slip in a potentially costly basketball World Cup group stage loss.

He was washing his clothes in a muddy pool when a croc sprung up, sunk its into his leg and dragged him deep into the water.

Hurricane Lee is still a raging Category 4 storm, but debates have sprung up as to whether or not it will batter the US East Coast or not.

It quickly became evident this was not a “normal” football injury, as evidenced by how quickly medical personnel sprung into action, performing CPR on the field before lifting him into the ambulance.

Los Angeles 1850s-1900sHousing tracts sprung up within a ½ mile of his rail lines.

Normally they’d have sprung for that paltry sum without blinking an eye!

Ozempic, which has the side-effect of suppressing appetite, sprung into the public eye as a weight loss treatment following heavy social media promotion.

That card has sprung Romania into life and their latest attack works from left to right for Simionescu to hit the line.

The Dockers have sprung a surprise in Geelong by holding off the Cats to win by seven points.

The government sprung into action after several celebrities reported about their deepfake images and videos in circulation.

The process can be so competitive, and hopeful adopters can be so desperate, that an entire industry has sprung up to help families create and design adoption profile books like the one Holly and Brian had the graphic designer in the family put together.

The Soyuz spacecraft it’s meant to replace, MS-22, sprung a coolant leak in mid-December, rendering it unsafe for a crewed journey back home.

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Common combinations with sprung

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sprung" in a sentence?
An example: "Ahead of the tropical storm's arrival, locals quickly sprung into action." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sprung" from authentic English texts.
What does "sprung" mean?
Sprung means: simple past and past participle of spring
How many example sentences with "sprung" are there?
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