spring from
phrasal verb
sprang from or sprung from; sprung from; springing from; springs from
informal
: to start from or be caused by (something)
The idea sprang from a dream I had.
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Plot is supposed to spring from character, not be flung at them from the story gods.
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
Well, plenty, of course, just with the work itself, for starters, which seems to spring from a bottomless well in which there is no limit not only to the talent but the variety of forms in which Williams has had at his effortless-seeming disposal.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
The mutes, the dropouts, the sense that an idea had sprung from the artist’s chest, been scrambled into code, then reassembled in a fugue.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025
However high-reaching his designs were, Gehry’s inspiration sometimes sprang from the ordinary.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 Dec. 2025
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
Well, plenty, of course, just with the work itself, for starters, which seems to spring from a bottomless well in which there is no limit not only to the talent but the variety of forms in which Williams has had at his effortless-seeming disposal.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
The mutes, the dropouts, the sense that an idea had sprung from the artist’s chest, been scrambled into code, then reassembled in a fugue.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025
However high-reaching his designs were, Gehry’s inspiration sometimes sprang from the ordinary.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spring from
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“Spring from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20from. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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