How to Use springer in a Sentence

springer

noun

• March is typically the kickoff of springer season on the lower Rogue.
  — Bee Staff, sacbee, 26 Feb. 2018
• Fishing is slow, but some late springers are being caught near the Willows and Elephant Rock.
  — By Roger George and Dave Hurley, sacbee.com, 6 June 2017
• But, sometimes, you’ll be stopped by a friendly face reminiscing about his or her favorite dog—who just happened to be a springer, too.
  — Patricia Weigel Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2017
• Potential owners of this breed should research puzzle toys, nose-work games and be ready for frequent outdoor play to keep their springer happy, and their furniture intact, too.
  — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 18 June 2026
• Upriver springers will darken significantly, especially around the chin and head.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• At least some tougher-than-usual restrictions may be in store for salmon fishing from Longview downriver because of a poor forecast for Cowlitz River springers.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• Springer follows the heartbreaking journeys and appalling hardship of several refugees, German and Polish.
  — Weston Williams, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2017
• April 7 marks the close of the early springer season on the lower Columbia, where upriver fish are beginning to move toward Bonneville Dam.
  — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• The spring kings of the Columbia (also called spring chinook, or simply springers) migrate hundreds of miles upstream without feeding, relying on heavy stores of fat to carry them through to the fall spawning.
  — Corey Arnold, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019
• An English springer spaniel named Timothy, his head covered by a gold sheath to keep his ears clean, eyed a standard poodle urinating near a red plastic hydrant planted amid pine and aspen shavings.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2017
• Instead of the springer or girder front suspension and semi-hard-tail frame of the original, the Chief Vintage uses modern but stylized front forks and discreet twin rear shocks that mimic the unsprung frame of the post-war bikes.
  — William Roberson, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026