new-sprung

American  

[noo-spruhng, nyoo-] / ˈnuˈsprʌŋ, ˈnyu- /

adjective

1. newly or suddenly come into existence.

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Etymology

Origin of new-sprung

First recorded in 1585–95; new + sprung

Example Sentences

Some pensy chiels, a new-sprung race,      Wad next their welcome pay;      *     *     *     *     * But sair on ilka well-kenned face      I missed the youthful bloom.

From Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Alone in the cottonwood grove, with little patches of moonlight filtering through onto the new-sprung grass, the two men faced each other.

From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

Joined to these,   Innumerous songsters, in the freshening shade   Of new-sprung leaves, their modulations mix   Mellifluous.

From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 10 Poetical Quotations by Carman, Bliss

But his voice had the tremulous note of excitement in it and his hands fumbled nervously, touching evidence of the agitated gropings of his mind in the faint, perhaps illusory, light of a new-sprung hope.

From The Grain of Dust by Phillips, David Graham

And so she ran on, in the exuberance of her new-sprung hopes seemingly forgetting him around whom they all centred.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne