springy
Example Sentences
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Tracks are now built with springier surfaces and lighting systems that help pace record attempts.
The earth was springy with moss, and a white-throated warbler chirped merrily from somewhere nearby.
From Literature
Even the “basic jitteriness” he identified in his own letter-writing is actually all to the good; they have the repleteness of his fiction, the springy, unexpected notice of the smallest particulars.
Super spikes, however, have an actual sole—the thickness of a deck of cards made out of high-tech, energy-returning foam—plus a springy carbon-fiber plate.
The advent of super spike shoes, which feature soles with superlight, springy foams and rigid plates, has also brought a drop in times on the track.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
