springs

Example Sentences

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But when it rains, it springs into action.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Guney was once a water-rich village fed by 50 springs in Turkey's western Usak province, but since a gold mine opened 20 years ago, they have all dried up.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Although the craze is high right now, Reformer was invented by Joseph Pilates during World War I, when he adapted hospital beds with springs to help rehabilitate patients.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Many physical systems behave like tiny oscillating objects, similar to springs or pendulums.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

The tears came, hot and bitter, flowing and flowing as if the very springs of sorrow had been touched in my body.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya