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Example sentences for: sprang

How can you use “sprang” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Originally, the organizers hoped for a fall convention but they sprang at the opportunity when the rooms opened up.
As such, they're intended for literary monastics, for the tenured priesthood of paid interpreters that sprang up in colleges after World War II with the help of massive public funding from schemes such as the GI Bill and Pell grants.
When he sprang out at her, she fled screaming.
Somewhat dubious “talent schools” sprang up, catering to small-town girls who hoped to emulate film stars such as Mary Pickford.
As all readers probably know, Laurence or Lawrence sprang in medieval use from the name of the Roman saint who was martyred by being broiled on a gridiron in 258.