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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But the sorrow of it also springs from the fact that this president is trying to rewrite history, have a different narrative of what happened that day.
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ABC News, 28 Dec. 2025
Plot is supposed to spring from character, not be flung at them from the story gods.
—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
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ABC News, 28 Dec. 2025
Plot is supposed to spring from character, not be flung at them from the story gods.
—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
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 1 Jan. 2026.
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