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

Beckett was particularly drawn to Proust’s pioneering depiction of involuntary memory—the sudden, revelatory insight into the past that springs from a cup of tea in his Search. —Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026

But when there is sufficient housing available in rural areas, job opportunities can be sufficiently diversified to enable talent to spring from within. —Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Growing up in the family business Elizabeth Frances Brenner was born in October 1954 to Judith Hiller, an unmarried woman who had graduated that spring from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. —Thomas Koetting, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026

The plants die off each fall and regrow early the following spring from the bulb. —Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for spring from

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