Examples of wellspring in a Sentence
The tour guide was a wellspring of information.
the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest
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Communism, or any other ideology the administration in power doesn’t agree with, might be defeated—but the terrorist never can, since terror is an unending wellspring, embodied by actual threats but also coming from within us and giving birth to ever-new demons.
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Viet Thanh Nguyễn, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
Because that's the wellspring of everything, the source of his popularity, the Horcrux that has preserved his political life.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
That led to the Brinkerhoff Drilling Co., a wellspring for all business endeavors to follow.
—Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
Unofficially, however, the story begins nearly a century earlier, with a woman named Susanne Audemars, a widowed mother of three who served as the brand’s unlikely wellspring.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
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Viet Thanh Nguyễn, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
Because that's the wellspring of everything, the source of his popularity, the Horcrux that has preserved his political life.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
That led to the Brinkerhoff Drilling Co., a wellspring for all business endeavors to follow.
—Justin Wingerter, The Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2025
Unofficially, however, the story begins nearly a century earlier, with a woman named Susanne Audemars, a widowed mother of three who served as the brand’s unlikely wellspring.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Wellspring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wellspring. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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wellspring
noun
well·spring
ˈwel-ˌspriŋ 
1
: a source of continual supply
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