wellspring
Example Sentences
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The everyday tools of the kitchen can be connected to powerful memories and wellsprings of feeling.
Social media campaigns seek to burnish the image of President Vladimir V. Putin or to tap into wellsprings of anti-French resentment.
From New York Times
“I didn’t always know where the story was going, but I suddenly had a wellspring of information because it was my upbringing, my home.”
From New York Times
But the money also served as a wellspring for criminal activity, as malicious actors took advantage of SBA and its poor oversight to bilk Washington out of seemingly massive sums.
From Washington Post
This group, founded nearly 50 years ago by violinist David Harrington, has, in its malleable virtuosity, become a wellspring for hundreds of new music commissions.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
