SPRING in a Sentence

Learn SPRING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

311 example sentences for SPRING, such as:

1. We hope for an early spring.
2. Most birds lay eggs in the spring.
3. I love Rome, especially in the spring.
4. The countryside is very green in spring.
5. They drank deep of the fresh spring water.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPRING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
spring
 n.  the season of the year between winter and summer
 n.  a piece of curved metal that can be pressed into a smaller space but will return to usual shape if released
 n.  a place where water flows out from the ground
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Her wonder and his laughter ran together like spring rills in a thaw.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  He had often thought since that it would not have happened if his mother had died in spring instead of winter.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  It was one of the days when the glitter of winter shines through a pale haze of spring.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
4  It was little more than a year ago, on just such a soft afternoon, with a "feel" of spring in the air.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  She and I were great friends, and she was to have been my bridesmaid in the spring.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  There hasn't been any fun at any party this spring because the boys can't talk about anything else.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
7  The warm damp balminess of spring encompassed her sweetly with the moist smells of new-plowed earth and all the fresh green things pushing up to the air.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  Sunset and spring and new-fledged greenery were no miracle to Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
9  The shadows were falling thicker now, the last greenish tinge had left the sky and a slight chill was displacing the balminess of spring.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
10  It was in a saloon in Savannah, on a hot night in spring, when the chance conversation of a stranger sitting near by made Gerald prick up his ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
11  The inner grace from which these signs should spring, she never learned nor did she see any reason for learning it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
12  Already summer was in the air, the first hint of Georgia summer when the high tide of spring gives way reluctantly before a fiercer heat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
13  It was impossible to feel anything but palpitating joy in this warm sun, in this spring, with the chimneys of Twelve Oaks just beginning to show on the hill across the river.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
14  She looked--and was--as simple as earth, as good as bread, as transparent as spring water.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
15  The army in butternut were now seasoned fighters, their generals had proven their mettle, and everyone knew that when the campaign reopened in the spring, the Yankees would be crushed for good and all.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
Example Sentence: (101 in 7 pages)
16  Our beloved teacher, you are the spring shower that moistens our hearts.
17  Cut back the shoots in spring to encourage bushier growth.
18  I love Rome, especially in the spring.
19  They drank deep of the fresh spring water.
20  Interest rates generally have been declining since last spring, despite a few upward blips in recent weeks.
21  The countryside is very green in spring.
22  Cutting the bush back in the autumn will help promote vigorous growth in the spring.
23  Will happen one day, you can come back, bloomy spring.
24  The flood came about as a result of the heavy spring rains.
25  It's good to fling off heavy clothing now that spring is here.
26  The two presidents agreed to hold a summit in the spring.
27  We hope for an early spring.
28  However, spring summer autumn and winter, they are always in a white coat.
29  Most birds lay eggs in the spring.
30  An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.