spring up
phrasal verb
sprang up or sprung up; sprung up; springing up; springs up
: to grow or appear suddenly
The weeds sprang up overnight.
New housing developments are springing up all over the state.
Examples of spring up in a Sentence
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Soon, third-party promoters sprung up, marketing the tax break.
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Laura Strickler, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Wolves and bears still roam the silent valleys of the Principality’s unsullied interior, and a new kind of wildlife tourism has sprung up to cater for visitors keen to peer at them through telescopes.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
Why? April 5, 2024 When the flowers blossomed in 2019, a debate sprouted among airport officials and native plant experts over whether the flowers sprang up on their own or were planted.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Schools, a hospital, a post office, a library and ballfields sprung up after the Smoky Mountain village was established in 1942, but the town of Fontana Dam wasn’t incorporated until 2011.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2024
Most patches will spring up and fade within three weeks, so the hunt for these spring blooms is often fast and furious.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
In just the last decade, hundreds of homes have sprung up along the Caltrain line, transforming the downtowns of cities in the Peninsula and South Bay.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
Born to an Irish mother and Grenadian father, Lewis grew up in the Streatham district in South London, where a local Caribbean community had sprung up between the late 1940s and the 1970s in response to the United Kingdom’s labor crisis.
—Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 29 Feb. 2024
Similar programs have been around for years, with new efforts springing up since 2020, spurred by a nationwide movement to redirect law enforcement funding following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Laura Strickler, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
Wolves and bears still roam the silent valleys of the Principality’s unsullied interior, and a new kind of wildlife tourism has sprung up to cater for visitors keen to peer at them through telescopes.
—Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
Why? April 5, 2024 When the flowers blossomed in 2019, a debate sprouted among airport officials and native plant experts over whether the flowers sprang up on their own or were planted.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Schools, a hospital, a post office, a library and ballfields sprung up after the Smoky Mountain village was established in 1942, but the town of Fontana Dam wasn’t incorporated until 2011.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2024
Most patches will spring up and fade within three weeks, so the hunt for these spring blooms is often fast and furious.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
In just the last decade, hundreds of homes have sprung up along the Caltrain line, transforming the downtowns of cities in the Peninsula and South Bay.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
Born to an Irish mother and Grenadian father, Lewis grew up in the Streatham district in South London, where a local Caribbean community had sprung up between the late 1940s and the 1970s in response to the United Kingdom’s labor crisis.
—Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 29 Feb. 2024
Similar programs have been around for years, with new efforts springing up since 2020, spurred by a nationwide movement to redirect law enforcement funding following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Spring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20up. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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