How to Use spring into/to action/life in a Sentence
spring into/to action/life
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Doing so makes the glasses spring to life with glowing green text and symbols across your eyes.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
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Knight sits right next to the organist, ready to spring into action should the need arise.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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And don't hold your breath for this group to spring into action and give us all some clarity.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 28 July 2022
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And when that happens, the Belles spring into action, then, too.
—Colbi Edmonds Madeline Gray, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
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Young’s research team quickly moved aside so the ship’s crew could spring into action.
—oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2021
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His followers have shown themselves quick to spring to action.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
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All crews must be able to spring into action within three minutes if needed.
—Emma Talley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2021
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My laptop stays in a closet, ready to spring into action if needed.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 17 Jan. 2025
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And there have been recent signs that the tropical Atlantic could soon spring to life.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 10 Aug. 2023
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The peace movement will spring to action as soon as Israel takes the fight to Hamas in Gaza.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 11 Oct. 2023
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Sleeping in the truck next to the bog on cold nights, ready to spring into action with sprinklers to protect the fruit from freezing.
—John Tlumacki, The Boston Globe, National Geographic, 25 Nov. 2020
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Some shocked church attendees ran out of the church upon seeing the pastor spring into action.
—NBC News, 8 Nov. 2021
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Mice were also much more likely to spring into action for familiar mice, as opposed to strangers.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
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If the sleigh is malfunctioning, or a part is predicted to fail, those elves will spring into action.
—Richard Howells, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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This network is not waiting for Election Day to spring into action.
—NBC News, 15 Oct. 2020
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These are songs that need the existence of a Juliette Gréco to form themselves, to spring to life.
—Bart Bull, SPIN, 20 June 2023
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On Tuesday, the city’s public fountains will spring to life on Fountain Day.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2024
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From late April onward, the grassy knolls around Cortina, aka the Pearl of the Dolomites, spring to life.
—Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 6 Mar. 2025
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In the footage at the pond, Cobb sprints to his car to get a window punch, and other bystanders quickly spring into action.
—Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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Terence Coventry’s angular bronze bull seems to sniff the air, tail taunt, for all the world ready to spring into action.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Teams are spread out around the incident, ready to spring into action if a troublesome drone is identified.
—Stephanie Elam, CNN, 9 July 2022
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That extra moment of anticipation is all a dog needs to spring into action.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
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Visible items, phone alerts, time of day, and location can be good visual reminders to help your brain spring into action.
—Carley Millhone, Health, 29 Jan. 2025
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At the sight of them, the villagers around me spring to action, shouting in Quechua and waving the rope aggressively.
—David Nolan, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2025
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As soon as the Ferrari came to a stop, Wilson spring into action, with a witness at the scene calling the star a hero.
—Michael Y. Park, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
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The insects secrete various 'danger signals' in their pheromones that can tell the entire colony to spring into action.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 June 2023
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In summer, outdoor activities and festivals spring to life in the village.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025
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Keep your eyes peeled for the watchful marble busts, which lurk in the background as pistol-wielding paintings and floating candelabras spring to life.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
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Viewed this way, the machines in Stérin’s menagerie spring to life, displaying a dizzying variety of different patterns.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2024
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In the clip, Hilton requests that Faux Tom sing for her, prompting him to spring into action with a pretty decent cover.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2022
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