Used in a Sentence

sprang

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sprang.

Editorial note

When other killboards sprang up some enterprising individuals though it a good idea to scrape the original killboard for killmails.

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Quick take

A surname from German.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A surname from German.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sprang.

noun

A surname from German.

Example sentences

1

When other killboards sprang up some enterprising individuals though it a good idea to scrape the original killboard for killmails.

2

Just like a retailer sprang up and took Amazon's lead in the ecommerce business, right?

3

It's not some language that sprang fully-formed and perfectly-designed out of the ether.

4

I found a slightly more comprehensible translation of that Vedic quote: Who knows from whence this great creation sprang?

5

Free tools like gforge sprang up as replacements, but were just as clunky to use, if not moreso, and were rather difficult to install.

6

But basically I took Physics 123 at Harvard, and AoE sprang from the professor's lecture notes.

7

Pivotal Tracker is one thing that immediately sprang to my mind.

8

Companies then sprang up with pre-made kits that weren't too expensive.

9

Imagine if a company sprang up that could viably produce custom panels - real hardware - for all the synth software thats on the market?

10

As restaurants like Wurstkuche, Zip, R23, and Church & State became popular, the housing developments around the area sprang up virtually overnight.

11

This stalled for a number of reasons, and then some housing developments sprang up on the mesa where this would have worked, so the idea died.

12

Self-healing machines, buildings and devices also sprang to mind.

Quote examples

1

Did Standard Oil et al need government support when the first "networks" of gas stations sprang up around the US?

2

"Tastes like despair" was the first thing that sprang to mind.

3

I had slight hope for a renaissance of decentralized Usenet service (instead of the big two: T-Online and Uni Berlin), when a very influential netizen posted a "how to run your INN, and you get a feed from me" on his blog and dozens of small, personal INNs sprang up.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sprang in a sentence?

When other killboards sprang up some enterprising individuals though it a good idea to scrape the original killboard for killmails.

What does sprang mean?

A surname from German.

What part of speech is sprang?

sprang is commonly used as noun.