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.

Examples of spring from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

All this plays out against the Borg’s family home in Oslo, an old-world cottage that looks sprung from a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, but holding generations of memories and trauma, embedded in its walls. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

The bills with the most juice spring from a critical state audit of the Department of Health Care Services (which licenses and regulates non-medical addiction treatment centers). —Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025

Sustrans sprang from a local bicycle route lobby group in 1977 and created the National Cycle Network 30 years ago this year. —Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

The school sprang from Senate Bill 2032, passed in spring 2023, which allows entities to create agreements between nonprofits, community colleges and adult charter schools to form adult high schools. —Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for spring from

• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• abomasum
• bum
• chum
• come