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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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.
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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
But the movie isn’t a cheaply cynical or nihilistic experience; its gravest horrors spring from a complex understanding of how human compassion persists in a universe that is fundamentally opposed to its existence.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Rosenberg acknowledges the dangers that can spring from an uneducated approach.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
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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
But the movie isn’t a cheaply cynical or nihilistic experience; its gravest horrors spring from a complex understanding of how human compassion persists in a universe that is fundamentally opposed to its existence.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Rosenberg acknowledges the dangers that can spring from an uneducated approach.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Spring from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20from. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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