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sprang

[sprang] / spræŋ /

VERB

jump, skip

Synonyms

STRONG

bolt bounce bound hop hurdle leap lop lope rebound recoil skitter start startle trip vault

WEAK

hippety hop

Antonyms

STRONG

allow permit

VERB

originate, emerge

Synonyms

STRONG

appear arise arrive begin birth burgeon come commence derive descend develop emanate flow grow hatch head issue loom mushroom proceed rise start stem

WEAK

be derived be descended come into being come into existence come out shoot up upspring

Antonyms

STRONG

cease complete conclude decline decrease depart die disappear end finish go halt leave lessen recede repress shrink stop

Example Sentences

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Created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang, the Riddler made his comic book debut on the pages of “Detective Comics” No. 140 in the 1940s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Both of the Schumacher films are of course heavily indebted to the Dick Sprang “giant typewriter” era as well.

From Forbes • Aug. 22, 2014

You know, without the work of everybody from Bill Finger to Jerry Robinson to Dick Sprang to Denny O’Neil to Neal Adams, I don’t believe I ever could have done Dark Knight.

From The Verge • Jul. 28, 2014

James Sprang, the student speaker at commencement, did not circumnavigate the tuition issue.

From New York Times • May 30, 2013

He leaped within, and turning round Sprang through the portal at a bound.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)