“In December, the stalks were closely garnished with flowers, and in the spring, when the flowers dropped off, they were succeeded by young plants.”

“The spring broke because its iron was too poor to sustain the stress.”

“I felt the sharp jabbing of a bed coil that had long lost its spring shove its way into my side.”

“The hikers reached the hidden springhead, the pristine and untouched source of the crystal-clear mountain stream.”

“He is the center and springhead of the entire action, giving law and shape to everything that is said and done.”

“The honeybee is a technical term used by manufacturers to designate the knife springhead.”

“In springtime, the cherry blossoms burst into colorful blooms, transforming the landscape into a breathtaking spectacle.”

“The scent of blooming flowers fills the air in springtime.”

“In southern Mongolia, the winters have been getting colder and the summers hotter, with barely a springtime buffer zone.”

“Nonetheless, by the 1350s, Southampton had mounted mangonel and springald siege engines on the existing walls.”

“Had she, after all, made so little impression on this springald despite her tacit encouragement of him!”

“Well, my wild little maid, be good enough to repeat to me what you whispered just now to that springald of a captain.”

“The angler has the technology of a carbon-fibre rod whose springiness absorbs some of the shocks of the plunging fish.”

“She pushed her fingers through her hair, felt the soft springiness where it grew from her scalp.”

“He walked, indeed, with a step of amazing springiness for a man of his years.”