springing
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
This rich little book celebrates the best kind of diversity: individual genius springing from all kinds of soil.
"As far as anyone knew, the T cell receptor didn't undergo any conformational changes when binding to these antigens. But we found that it does, springing open like a sort of jack-in-the-box."
From Science Daily
The 26-year-old Argentine forward opened the scoring in the 14th minute after cleverly springing the New York offside trap and then headed in a superb second to make it 2-0.
From Barron's
Red warning flags are springing up all over Wall Street, and they are becoming increasingly hard to ignore.
From MarketWatch
Hundreds more are springing up across Europe and the U.S.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.