springs
Example Sentences
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By clearing invasive trees and replanting native grasslands, he replenished the land’s topsoil and resurrected a dozen natural springs—which, in turn, lured back birds, insects and other wildlife.
The air began to reek of sulfur, the rotten-egg smell reminding them of Yellowstone National Park or hot springs around Sue’s hometown in Wyoming.
From Literature
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They had been breathing in ash that coated their throats, the particles of dust sucking their mouth dry, just like it did the smaller springs that had fed into the Green River.
From Literature
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When Charlie Crisafulli first saw the lake, he remembered that “the water was warm and bubbled with new hot springs. The once famously clear water turned to murk. If you put your fingers in … you couldn’t even see your fingertips. The whole area was gray and foul. It was putrid and smelled like rotten eggs.”
From Literature
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"It springs from a love for our own country and our own culture," Iwan said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.